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Secret Agent

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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.

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saieeeeed★★★★

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5/1/2012
Kevin VandeWettering★★★★★

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1/22/2012
Zeke★★★★

"Howdy! In some of his early British films he did not make an appearance. Or as it says in Wikipedia "before his move to Hollywood, his appearances we..."

11/7/2007
bearpuf★★★★

"The details of the storyline seem so haphazard that one would wonder how any spy might survive. However, Peter Lorre is terrific as a semi-psychotic l..."

8/21/2007
surfvh★★★★

"A Very English example of that era with the brittle romance between the two leads, and Robert Young chiming in in his usual way as the cheery foil. Pe..."

8/14/2007
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