Directed by:
Alfred HitchcockScreenplay:
Charles BennettCast:
Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, Desmond Tester, John Loder, Peter Bull, Frederick Piper, Charles Hawtrey, Clare Greet, Sara Allgood, Martita Hunt, Torin Thatcher (more)VOD (2)
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This loose adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s novel “The Secret Agent” is one of the high-water marks of Alfred Hitchcock’s early British period. Sylvia Sidney is the unsuspecting wife of a London cinema owner (Oskar Homolka) whom a Scotland Yard detective (John Loder) comes to believe is behind a string of terrorist attacks. The gripping centerpiece—involving a boy, a film canister, and a ticking time bomb—stands as one of the most heart-stopping moments of pure suspense in all of Hitchcock. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Sylvia Sidney
USA
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Oskar Homolka
Austria-Hungary
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Desmond Tester
UK
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John Loder
UK
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Peter Bull
UK
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Frederick Piper
UK
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Charles Hawtrey
UK
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Clare Greet
UK
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Sara Allgood
Ireland
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Martita Hunt
Argentina
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Torin Thatcher
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Aubrey Mather
UK
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Austin Trevor
Ireland
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Joyce Barbour
UK
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