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A Balasaur Score of 69 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 86%, Metacritic 67/100. It runs a compact 1h 26m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Metacritic67/100
176 audience votes
Key crew
- Alfred HitchcockDirector
- Charles BennettScreenplay
- Ian HayWriter
- Jesse Lasky Jr.Writer
Cast
- Madeleine CarrollElsa Carrington
- John GielgudRichard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
- Peter LorreThe General
- Robert YoungRobert Marvin
- Percy MarmontCaypor
- Florence KahnMrs. Caypor
- Charles Carson"R"
- Lilli PalmerLilli
- Denys BlakelockMan (uncredited)
- Sebastian CabotMan (uncredited)
- Tom HelmoreColonel Anderson (uncredited)
- Andreas MalandrinosManager (uncredited)
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