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Secret Agent (1936)
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Secret Agent is a 1936 British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The film stars John Gielgud, Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, and Robert Young.During World War I, British Captain and novelist Edgar Brodie (Gielgud) returns home on leave, only to discover his obituary in the newspaper. He is eventually contacted and asked to undertake a secret mission: to identify and eliminate a German agent on his way to Arabia to stir up trouble in the Middle East. Upon agreeing, Brodie is given a new identity, "Richard Ashenden", and the assistance of a killer (Lorre). When "Ashenden" arrives at his destination, he is surprised to find that he has also been provided with an attractive wife, Elsa Carrington (Carroll).The film is loosely based on two of W. Somerset Maugham's Ashenden spy stories, "The Traitor" and "The Hairless Mexican".Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); }) | |
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Death Faked for You: The plot is kicked off by Brodie returning from leave only to discover his obituary in the newspaper; as it turns out, to be roped into a secret mission. | |
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Jumped at the Call: Elsa reveals she insisted upon the assignment for the thrill of it, much to the displeasure of Brodie/"Ashenden". | |
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Heroic Comedic Sociopath: The General, all the way. He works on the side of the protagonists but is a cold-blooded killer. This is best exemplified when a coded telegram informs them that Caypor the mountaineer, whom the General had just killed, is not their target. The General finds it very funny, Elsa is terribly distraught. | |
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Agents Dating: Brodie/"Ashenden" and Elsa/"Mrs. Ashenden" end up falling in love during the course of their mission. | |
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Murder Is the Best Solution: When Caypor, the mountaineer who took a button important to the protagonists, decides to settle the issue with a bet of which one of them can climb higher on a nearby mountain, the General simply pushes the unsuspecting Caypor off a cliff. | |
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