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Secret Agent

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

A Hitchcock thriller I starring John Gielgud
Madeleine Carroll
1916: war hero and novelist
Edgar Brodie changes his name to Richard Ashenden , turns spy and travels to Switzerland to kill an enemy agent.
Based on the stories of Somerset Maugham (recently dramatised by BBCtv) and co-written by Charles Bennett , who is profiled in Moving Pictures tonight at 9pm.
0 BARRY NORMAN : page 38

Contributors

Unknown:
John Gielgud
Unknown:
Madeleine Carroll
Unknown:
Edgar Brodie
Unknown:
Richard Ashenden
Unknown:
Charles Bennett
Unknown:
Barry Norman
Edgar Brodie/Richard Ashenden:
John Gielgud
ElsaCarrington:
Madeleine Carroll
General:
Peter Lorre
Robert Marvin:
Robert Young
Caypor:
Percy Marmont
MrsCaypor:
Florence Kahn
Lilli:
Ulli Palmer
R:
Charles Carson
Source: Radio Times

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