

Secret Agent
Dead Women Tell No Tales Was The Motto of This Charming Lady Killer!
During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambivalent when their duty to the mission clashes with their consciences.
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- English
- hotel
- world war i
- spy
- switzerland
- black and white
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)New York City, New York12 Jun 1936
- Theatrical15 Jun 1936
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical11 May 1936
AustraliaAU
- Digital / OTTM1 Jul 2017
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical14 Sept 1936
FinlandFI
- Theatrical4 Oct 1936
GermanyDE
- TV26 Aug 1985
JapanJP
- TheatricalG10 Mar 1938
SwedenSE
- Theatrical156 Mar 1937
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Secret Agent was released on 11 May 1936.
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CinemaSerf
6/19/2022
John Gielgud charmingly portrays the novelist-cum-officer dragooned by the British spy service into travelling to Switzerland on the trail of a Nazi spy. He is assigned two assistants - a rather naive, but keen, Madeleine Carroll "Elsa" and a suitable sleazy, but lethal, Peter Lorre "as The General". Their first attempt to fulfil their mission goes awry somewhat, as they dispatch the wrong person. It is at this point…
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