Secret Agent [1936]

Director:	Alfred Hitchcock
Writer:	Charles Bennett
Composer:	Hubert Bath

Length:	86 minutes (1 hour 26 minutes)
MPAA Rating:	UR
Sorting Category:	Mystery

IMDB Rating:	6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating:	100%
Amazon Rating:	3.5/5 stars
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Drama
Mystery
Action

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Collection:	Alfred Hitchcock: The Legend Begins
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Synopsis: After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.

Reaction: It's okay.

Personal Rating: 6/10

Select Cast and Crew

Director

Writer

Composer

Play

Novel "Ashenden"

Manager ^(uncredited)

Charles Carson

'R'

Florence Kahn

Mrs. Caypor

Howard Marion-Crawford

Karl - Lilli's Fianc� ^(uncredited)

Ashenden

Lilli

Elsa

Caypor

The General

Marvin

Colonel Anderson ^(uncredited)

Random Trivia For This Title:

Based on W. Somerset Maugham's [Ashenden] spy stories ({The Traitor} and {The Hairless Mexican}) and a play by Campbell Dixon.
John Gielgud filmed this during the day while appearing on stage in Romeo and Juliet opposite Peggy Ashcroft and Laurence Olivier in the evening.
Alfred Hitchcock reflected (regarding John Gielgud's lack of heroics): "You can't root for a hero who doesn't want to be one."
Alfred Hitchcock convinced John Gielgud to play the lead by describing the hero as a modern day Hamlet. Gielgud, however, ended up hating that his character was an enigma and felt Hitchcock made the villain more charming than the hero.