Madeleine CarrollElsa CarringtonSavaraTV movie
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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Starring
Madeleine Carroll, John Gielgud, Peter Lorre
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
About
Secret Agent
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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.
Dead Women Tell No Tales Was The Motto of This Charming Lady Killer!
Information
- Released
- May 11, 1936
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- English
- Country
- GB
- Rating
- Not rated
- Directed by
- Alfred Hitchcock
Production
- Studio
- Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
Cast
People in this story
Madeleine CarrollElsa Carrington
John GielgudRichard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
Peter LorreThe General
Robert YoungRobert Marvin
Percy MarmontCaypor
Charles Carson"R"
Lilli PalmerLilli
Sebastian CabotMan (uncredited)
Tom HelmoreColonel Anderson (uncredited)
Andreas MalandrinosManager (uncredited)Metadata and artwork discovery powered by TMDB.