British Agent (1934)

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British Agent starred the Hungarian/British actor Leslie Howard in the title role, was directed by full-fledged Hungarian Michael Curtiz, and costarred American leading lady Kay Francis as a Russian spy. Based on the memoirs of R. H. Bruce Lockhart, who had been the unofficial British emissary to the Russian Revolutionary government in 1917, British Agent spends more time on its romantic subplot than in recreating the birth of Bolshevism. Leslie Howard's purpose in this film is to dissuade the Bolsheviks from signing a separate treaty with the World War I German regime. It is obvious to modern-day viewers that Howard is merely looking after Britain's interests and has no concern for the Russians; this was par for the course in a 1930s film, but does not play well with less jingoistic audiences of the 1990s. The most interesting aspect of British Agent is the performance of saturnine Irving Pichel as a young Josef Stalin.

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Cast

Leslie Howard
as Stephen 'Steve' Locke
Kay Francis
as Elena Moura
William Gargan
as Bob Medill
Phillip Reed
as Gaston LaFarge, Gaston LeFarge
Irving Pichel
as Sergei Pavlov
Walter Byron
as Under Secretary Stanley
Cesar Romero
as Tito Del Val
J. Carroll Naish
as Commissioner for War
Ivan Simpson
as 'Poohbah' Evans
Gregory Gaye
as Kolinoff
Halliwell Hobbes
as Sir Walter Carrister
Arthur Ayleswofth
as Farmer
Mary Forbes
as Lady Treherne
Doris Lloyd
as Lady Carrister
Alphonse Ethier
as Devigny
Paul Porcasi
as Romano
Addison Richards
as Zvododu
Marina Schubert
as Maria
George C. Pearce
as Lloyd George
Tenen Holtz
as Lenin
Walter Armitage
Thomas Braidon
as Cabinet member
Basil Lynn
as Cabinet Member
Fred Walton
as Cabinet member
Winter Hall
as Cabinet Member
Olaf Hytten
as Undersecretary
Frank Lackteen
as Suspect
Robert Wilbur
as Suspect
Lew Harvey
as Suspect
Frank Reicher
as Mr. X
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Sluggish political drama.

Aug 12, 2012 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
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