SECRET AGENT (1936) - ♦♦♦

Directed by - Alfred Hitchcock

 

Written by - Charles Bennett, Ian Hay, Alma Reville, Jesse Lasky Jr. (based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham and a play by Campbell Dixon)

 

Starring - Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, John Gieguld, Robert Young

 

 

 

"A trio of secret agents is involved in a love triangle as they try to solve a mystery. Secret Agent is one of the most forgettable films by Hitchcock perhaps because the filmmaker himself doesn’t feel as inspired here as in the best of his work, or indeed even the most of his work. The screenplay is sometimes careless and the plot has an unbarable tendency to tangle, though it is uncertain whether it is Hitchcock’s lack of proper handling of a thriller that on paper looked quite similar to other ones by the British filmmaker anyways or the screenplay itself. Nevertheless, a stong cast and some good narrative choices make it entertaining and a little rewarding anyways."

 

 

Thriller, UK