Secret Agent
Year:
1936
Production Country:
Great Britain
Story of a successful novelist who undertakes an espionage commission to Switzerland during the First World War.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Elsa Carrington Madeleine Carroll
- The General Peter Lorre
- Richard Ashenden/Captain Edgar Brodie John Gielgud
- Robert Marvin Robert Young
- Caypor Percy Marmont
- Mrs Caypor Florence Kahn
- 'R' Charles Carson
- Lilli Lilli Palmer
- [Colonel Anderson] Tom Helmore
- [coachman] Michel St. Denis
- [Carl] Howard Marion-crawford
- [manager of chocolate factory] Andrea Malandrinos
- cast member Denys Blakelock
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Assistant Director Penrose Tennyson
Production
- Presents Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
- Producer Michael Balcon
- Producer Ivor Montagu
- [Recorded] at Shepherd's Bush Studios
Writing
- Screen Play Charles Bennett
- Continuity Alma Reville
- Dialogue Ian Hay
- Additional Dialogue Jesse L. Lasky Jr
- Based on the novel 'Ashenden' by W. Somerset Maugham
- From the Play by Campbell Dixon
Photography
- Photography Bernard Knowles
- Camera Operator Stephen Dade
- Camera Assistant Gerry Massey-collier
Editing
- Editor Charles Frend
- Assistant Editor Frank Sherwin Green
Design
- Art Director O.F. Werndorff
- Assistant Art Director Albert Jullion
Costumes
- Dresses Joe Strassner
Music
- Musical Director Louis Levy
Sound
- Recordist Philip Dorté
- Sound System British Acoustic Full Range System