SECRET AGENT (HITCHCOCK) (1936)
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Plot
Hitchcock brings murder and intrigue to the Swiss Alps in this unusual thriller. Based loosely on Somerset Maughham's 'Ashenden', Gielgud plays a novelist turned spy who takes on a new identity. He travels to Switzerland on a mission to kill an enemy agent, but quickly runs into trouble. Starring Madeleine Carroll as the beautiful woman who stirs up trouble and Peter Lorre as The General.