Movie · 1936
Secret Agent
“Dead Women Tell No Tales Was The Motto of This Charming Lady Killer!”
Released 11 May 1936 86 min Thriller / Mystery / Romance More from 1936 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Florence Kahn
as Mrs. Caypor
Percy Marmont
as Caypor
Charles Carson
as "R"
Andreas Malandrinos
as Manager (uncredited)
Denys Blakelock
as Man (uncredited)
John Gielgud
as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
Tom Helmore
as Colonel Anderson (uncredited)
Peter Lorre
as The General
Madeleine Carroll
as Elsa Carrington
Robert Young
as Robert Marvin
Michael Redgrave
as Army Officer (uncredited)
Michael Rennie
as Army Captain (uncredited)
Rène Ray
as Maid (uncredited)
Howard Marion-Crawford
as Karl (uncredited)
Lilli Palmer
as Lilli
Sebastian Cabot
as Man (uncredited)
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The numbers
41years between the oldest and youngest billed
58Florence Kahn — oldest on the call sheet
17Sebastian Cabot — youngest billed
33average age of the credited cast