Story Line
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.
“Dead Women Tell No Tales Was The Motto of This Charming Lady Killer!”
Top Cast
Madeleine Carroll
Elsa Carrington
John Gielgud
Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
Peter Lorre
The General
Robert Young
Robert Marvin
Percy Marmont
Caypor
Florence Kahn
Mrs. Caypor
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Rating
6.1/ 10
Release Date
1936-05-11
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
ThrillerMysteryRomance
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6/10
•6/19/2022John 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 suitabl...