

“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.

Madeleine Carroll
Elsa Carrington
Lead
John Gielgud
Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie

Peter Lorre
The General

Robert Young
Robert Marvin

Percy Marmont
Caypor
Florence Kahn
Mrs. Caypor

Charles Carson
"R"

Lilli Palmer
Lilli
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alfred Hitchcock's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Secret Agent is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”