Secret Agent

~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.

Genres

General Information

Release Date: 1936-05-11
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Runtime: 86 min

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