SECRET AGENT (1936) – A second spy movie by Alfred Hitchcock

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SECRET AGENT (1936) – A second spy movie by Alfred Hitchcock

Join us as we’re cracking the code of spy movies! Here, Dan and Tom decode the 1936 Hitchcock movie, SECRET AGENT.  They look at the movie’s influence on future spy movies, and how sometimes being a secret agent is not that secret! Just ask Bond, James Bond.

Being an early spy movie, you know that some of the things we see in SECRET AGENT will be seen again.  This will either be through direct copying or by heavily influencing scenes in future spy movies.

SECRET AGENT has an all-star cast and stars John Gielgud, Madeleine Carroll, and Robert Young.

Note: You can watch the entire movie on YouTube: (here is the link)

  • We dissect the key scenes in the epic spy film from 1936, SECRET AGENT.
  • We look at how this film has influenced spy movies to come, and the impact these early spy films have had on the genre.
  • We look at some scenes and how these scenes are the first time we see them but will see them again, lie the faked death of a person so he can spy incognito.
  • Early Hitchcock!

Note: You can watch the entire movie on YouTube: (here is the link)

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