Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 0
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Release Date: May 1, 1936 Wide
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Based on the novels of W. Somerset Maugham, The Secret Agent is the second in a trilogy of Alfred Hitchcock spy movies (along with The 39 Steps and Sabotage). Set during WWI, John Gielgud plays British novelist Edgar Brodie who discovers that a government agency has faked his own death. He is then given orders to go to Switzerland to kill a German agent. He goes by the name of Richard Ashenden and travels with secret agent Elsa Carrington (Madeleine Carroll), who poses as his wife. Richard joins
Unrated, 1 hr. 23 min.
May 1, 1936 Wide
Jan 7, 2003
Scott Entertainment
All Critics (14) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (0) | DVD (3)
Early Hitchcock thriller with early Robert Young starring.
One of Hitchcock's best -- and most disturbing -- British films.
One of Hitchcock's fair thrillers made in Britain.
Well, considering that this was based on some works by W. Somerset Maugham, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starred John Gielgud and Peter Lorre that it would be one terrific WWI spy thriller.Surprisingly as it turns out, this film is pretty bad. It's bland, dull, but worst of all boring. Gielgud looks bored and
October 11, 2007Super Reviewer
I love Lorre, but his character wasn't that great in this movie. Plus, I didn't get the plot. Maybe I should see it again, but the movie quality is so horrible it's hard to watch.
September 3, 2010Super Reviewer
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