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Released
1936 · FILM

Secret Agent

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Directed by
Runtime
86 min
CrimeDramaMystery

Synopsis

During World War I, a novelist presumed dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to eliminate a German spy. Working alongside a fellow agent who poses as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the team moves in on their target—until two of them begin to question their mission as their sense of duty conflicts with their personal consciences.

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Principal cast & crew: 18

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Charles FrendShot by Bernard Knowles

Also known as

  • Geheimagentde
  • The Secret Agenten
  • Quatre de l'espionnagefr
  • Amore e misteroit

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