---
title: 'Secret Agent (1936)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alfred Hitchcock'
released: '1936-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 86
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/secret-agent-1936'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028231/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Secret Agent (1936)

1936 · 86 min · Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Secret Agent is a 1936 British spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, adapted from the play by Campbell Dixon, which in turn is loosely based on two stories in the 1927 collection Ashenden: Or the British Agent by W. Somerset Maugham. The film stars Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, John Gielgud, and Robert Young. It also features uncredited appearances by Michael Redgrave, future star of Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938), Michel Saint-Denis as the Coachman, and Michael Rennie in his film debut.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- **Screenplay:** [William Somerset Maugham](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-somerset-maugham), [Alma Reville](https://cinepixo.com/people/alma-reville), [Charles Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bennett), [John Hay Beith](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hay-beith), [Jesse Louis Lasky Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-louis-lasky-jr), [Campbell Dixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/campbell-dixon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Louis Levy](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-levy)
- **Producer:** [Ivor Montagu](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivor-montagu), [Michael Balcon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-balcon)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bernard Knowles](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-knowles)
- **Editor:** [Charles Frend](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-frend)

## Cast

- [Charles Carson](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-carson)
- [Percy Marmont](https://cinepixo.com/people/percy-marmont)
- [Tom Helmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-helmore)
- [Robert Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-young-2)
- [Madeleine Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/madeleine-carroll)
- [Peter Lorre](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lorre)
- [Michael Rennie](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-rennie)
- [John Gielgud](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gielgud)
- [Michael Redgrave](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-redgrave)
- [Lilli Palmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/lilli-palmer)

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