Secret Agent is a 1936 British thriller, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
During the first world war, novelist Edgar Brodie is sent to Switzerland by the Intelligence Service. He has to kill a German agent. During the mission he meets a fake general first and then Elsa Carrington who helps him in his duty.
Starring:
John Gielgud as Edgar Brodie
Charles Carson as 'R'
Peter Lorre as The General
Madeleine Carrol as Elsa Carrington
Robert Young as Robert Marvin
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