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11/05/1936 Thriller, Mystery, Romance 1h 26m
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Dead Women Tell No Tales Was The Motto of This Charming Lady Killer!

Overview

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.

  1. Alfred Hitchcock

    Director

  2. Jesse Lasky Jr.

    Writer

  3. Ian Hay

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Madeleine Carroll

    Elsa Carrington

  2. John Gielgud

    Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie

  3. Peter Lorre

    The General

  4. Robert Young

    Robert Marvin

  5. Percy Marmont

    Caypor

  6. Florence Kahn

    Mrs. Caypor

  7. Charles Carson

    "R"

  8. Lilli Palmer

    Lilli

  9. Denys Blakelock

    Man (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-19
John Gielgud charmingly portrays the novelist-cum-officer dragooned by the British spy service into travelling to Switzerland on the trail of a Nazi spy. He is assigned two assistants - a rather naive, but keen, Madeleine Carroll "Elsa" and a suitable sleazy, but lethal, Peter Lorre "as The General". Their first attempt to fulfil their mission goes awry somewhat, as they dispatch the wrong person. It is at this point their consciences start to kick in and they question the morals of their mission - particularly when they actually do discover the identity of the enemy secret agent. Hitchcock an...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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