Secret Agent (1936)


Secret Agent
Release Date01 May 1936
TaglineMystery - Intrigue - Romance, burn a flaming trail among the gay capitals of Europe
GenreMystery, Romance, Thriller
CountryUK
Filming LocationsFrutigen, Kanton Bern, Switzerland
LanguageEnglish, German
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassUnglamorized Spy Film
Niche GenreSpy Film
MoodNail-biters
ThemesDouble Life, Traitorous Spies/Double Agents, Crisis of Conscience
TonesBiting, Stylish
TagsDeception, Espionage, Fake, Killer, Mountains, Spy, Switzerland, Tourist, Writer

Secret Agent is a 1936 British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on two stories in Ashenden: Or the British Agent by W. Somerset Maugham. The film starred John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll and Robert Young. Future star Michael Redgrave made a brief, uncredited appearance.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Richard Ashenden

The General

Elsa Carrington

Robert Marvin

Caypor

Florence Kahn
Mrs. Caypor

Charles Carson
'R'

Lilli

Unconfirmed Role

Tom Helmore
Colonel Anderson

Andreas Malandrinos
Manager

Minor Role

Howard Marion-Crawford
Karl

Army captain

Unconfirmed Role

Director

Campbell Dixon

Charles Bennett

Ian Hay

Producer

Michael Balcon
producer

Ivor Montagu
producer

Original Music

Hubert Bath
-

Cinematographer

Bernard Knowles
-

Editor

Charles Frend
-

Art Director

Oscar Friedrich Werndorff

Costume Designer

Joe Strassner

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Pen Tennyson
assistant director

Art Department

Albert Jullion
set dresser

Sound Department

Phillip Dorté
sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department

Stephen Dade
camera operator

Reg Johnson
assistant camera

Gerry Massy-Collier
assistant camera

Music Department

Louis Levy
musical director

Other Crew

continuity

Production Company

Gaumont British Picture Corporation
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Distributor

Gaumont British Distributors

Gaumont British Picture Corporation of America

Hal Roach Studios Inc.

Madacy Entertainment
,

Laserlight Entertainment

Video Film Express

Future Film

Century Vídeo

Cine Art Pictures

Criterion Collection, The

Emerald

LS Video

New Century Telecommunications

Prime Time Entertainment

Sociedade Universal de Superfilmes (SUS)

Stokey Video






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