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One of the weirdest movies Alfred Hitchcock ever made.
Michael Sragow, New Yorker
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1936 · 1h 26m · Not Rated
Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
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.
Director and cast
- Alfred Hitchcock Director
- John Gielgud as Edgar Brodie/Richard Ashenden
- Madeleine Carroll as Elsa Carrington
- Peter Lorre as Der „General“
- Robert Young as Robert Marvin
- Percy Marmont as Caypor
- Florence Kahn as Mrs. Caypor
- Charles Carson as „R“
- Lilli Palmer Cast
- Denys Blakelock Cast
- Howard Marion-Crawford Cast
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