| Secret Agent | |
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| Directed by | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Screenplay by | Charles Bennett Alma Reville Ian Hay Jesse Lasky Jr. |
| Based on | W. Somerset Maugham (story) Campbell Dixon (play) |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon Ivor Montagu |
| Starring | Madeleine Carroll Peter Lorre John Gielgud Robert Young |
| Cinematography | Bernard Knowles |
| Edited by | Charles Frend |
| Music by | John Greenwood Louis Levy (director) |
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| Distributed by | British International Pictures |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Secret Agent is a 1936 British espionage thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, adapted from the play by Campbell Dixon, which in turn is loosely based on two stories in the 1927 collection Ashenden: Or the British Agent by W. Somerset Maugham.[1] The film stars Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, John Gielgud, and Robert Young.[1] It also features uncredited appearances by Michael Redgrave, future star of Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938), Michel Saint-Denis as the Coachman, and Michael Rennie in his film debut.
Typical Hitchcockian themes used in Secret Agent include mistaken identity, trains and a "Hitchcock Blonde".
- ^ a b "Alfred Hitchcock Collectors' Guide: Secret Agent (1936)". Brenton Film.