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Secret Agent

"Dead Women Tell No Tales Was The Motto of This Charming Lady Killer!"

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.

Top Cast

  • Madeleine Carroll

    Madeleine Carroll

    Elsa Carrington

  • John Gielgud

    John Gielgud

    Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie

  • Peter Lorre

    Peter Lorre

    The General

  • Robert Young

    Robert Young

    Robert Marvin

  • Percy Marmont

    Percy Marmont

    Caypor

  • Florence Kahn

    Florence Kahn

    Mrs. Caypor

  • Charles Carson

    Charles Carson

    "R"

  • Lilli Palmer

    Lilli Palmer

    Lilli

  • Denys Blakelock

    Denys Blakelock

    Man (uncredited)

Overview

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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