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MOVIE

Secret Agent

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★ 6.1 1936 86 min ThrillerMysteryRomance

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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Secret Agent in its release era

Released in 1936, Secret Agent sits inside the 1930s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.

Release
1936-05-11
TMDB score
6.1/10
Original language
EN
Status
Released
Production
United Kingdom
Studio
Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
Topicshotelworld war ispyswitzerlandblack and white

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