Released:
1936-05-11

Overview:
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.

Director:
Alfred Hitchcock

Runtime:
1h 26min

Genre:
Thriller, Mystery, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  Madeleine Carroll
  as
  Elsa Carrington
• 
  John Gielgud
  as
  Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
• 
  Peter Lorre
  as
  The General
• 
  Robert Young
  as
  Robert Marvin
• 
  Percy Marmont
  as
  Caypor