Secret Agent (1936)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
| Original title | Secret Agent |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
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| Classification | Allowed from age 11 |
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| Swedish release | 1937-03-06 |
Cast
Madeleine Carroll
Elsa Carrington, engelsk hemlig agent
John Gielgud
Edgar Brodie, engelsk författare, uppträder som Richard Ashenden, hemlig agent
Peter Lorre
general Pompillo Montezuma de la Pilla de Conde de Lobo, kallas The Hairless Mexican
Robert Young
Robert Marvin, amerikan, alias den tyske agenten Baron Stecker
Percy Marmont
Mr. Caypor, engelsman
Florence Kahn
Mrs. Caypor, tyska
Titles
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Crew
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| Script Supervisor | |
| Dialogue |
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| Adaptation | |
| Camera Operator |
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| Orchestra Leader | |
| Assistant Production Designer |
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| Costume Designer |
Cast
| Madeleine Carroll | Elsa Carrington, engelsk hemlig agent | ||
| John Gielgud | Edgar Brodie, engelsk författare, uppträder som Richard Ashenden, hemlig agent | ||
| Peter Lorre | general Pompillo Montezuma de la Pilla de Conde de Lobo, kallas The Hairless Mexican | ||
| Robert Young | Robert Marvin, amerikan, alias den tyske agenten Baron Stecker | ||
| Percy Marmont | Mr. Caypor, engelsman | ||
| Florence Kahn | Mrs. Caypor, tyska | ||
| Lilli Palmer | Lilli, arbetar på chokladfabriken Mochard Chocolat | ||
| Charles Carson | överste C.R. Rattigan, kallas R, Ashendens uppdragsgivare | ||
| Tom Helmore | överste Anderson, den påklädde i bastun | ||
| Howard Marion-Crawford | Karl, Lillis fästman | ||
| Andrea Malandrinos | direktören | ||
| Michael Saint-Denis | droskkusken | ||
| Michael Redgrave | armékapten | ||
| Michael Rennie | |||
| Sebastian Cabot | |||
| Denys Blakelock |
Companies
| Production Company | Gaumont-British Picture Corporation Ltd. | ||
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| Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) | AB Fribergs Filmbyrå | 1937 | |
| Rosenbergs Filmbyrå AB | 1944 | ||
| Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet | 1980 |
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 121560 |
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| Date | 1982-10-18 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 11 |
| Original length | 950 meters |
| Notes | Aktlängder: 210, 422, 318. |
| Censorship number | 121560 |
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| Date | 1980-08-15 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 11 |
| Original length | 2365 meters |
| Censorship number | 54951 |
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| Date | 1944-02-16 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Original length | 2365 meters |
| Censorship number | 54951 |
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| Date | 1936-12 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Original length | 2385 meters |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 1.37:1 |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Sound system | Optical mono |
| Colour type | Black and white |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length in metres | 2382 meter |
| Length in minutes | 87 min |
| Reels | 8 reels |
Original work
| Original title | The Traitor (Short story) | |
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| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Original title | The Hairless Mexican (Short story) | |
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| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Original title | Secret Agent (Play) | |
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| Author | Campbell Dixon |
Production location
| Shepherd's Bush Studios | London | United Kingdom | 1935 | 1935 |
Release dates
| First showing | 1936-05-14 | United Kingdom | 87 min | |||
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| Release in Sweden | 1937-03-06 | Grand | Stockholm | Sweden | 87 min | |
| 1937-03-06 | Roxy | Stockholm | Sweden | 87 min | ||
| Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia | 1991-10-15 | |||||
| 1996-10-06 | ||||||
| 2007-02-17 | ||||||
| 2007-02-22 | ||||||
| 2007-03-27 | ||||||
| 2007-03-31 | ||||||
| 2022-09-21 | Stockholm | Sweden |
Holdings Film
The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se
| Element type | |
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| Carrier type | 16 mm |
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| Item base | Acetate |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 2375 |
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| Item base | Acetate |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 2370 |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | Smaller than 40 x 75 cm |
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| Quantity | 1 |
| Size | About 60 x 80 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Language | Swedish |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | SET |
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| Album | No |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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| Type | Program folio |
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