Secret Agent

Secret Agent might fall short of a true Masterpiece, but it certainly demonstrates the Master's touch. Many of Hitchcock's themes come together for perhaps the first time: espionage, murder, irony, mistaken identity, wit, allegory, moral ambiguity, etc...

The casting is great. However, Peter Lori played his part, the General, just a bit over-the-top for this movie; but since his character adds a fun-factor... what the heck -- let him go for it.

A definite "must see" for Hitchcock fans, classic film buffs, or anyone looking for a good suspense thriller.

It is a shame, or perhaps an irony that the soundtrack on Hulu's copy is so poor. This movie is considered (by some, at least) to be a prime example of "aural expressionism". There is even a lengthy (but interesting) treatise on Hitchcock's use of sound in 'Secret Agent', which can be found here:

http://www.zx.nu/ss/chapter3.htm

No problem with sound for me. Good all the way through. Decent movie but then I really like anything old.

sound continued to degrade while watching and no closed captioning from hulu. finally gave up.

I agree with the comments about the sound. I did make out some dialogue, though. I liked Gielgud's line in the beginning. In reply to the gentleman who recruits him for the job and his devotion to England, he says "Well, I just died for it." I also liked the General's 'penny game'. The ending was great. The cat-and-mouse game that seemed to be going on throughout the movie was very clever. Acting was top-notch.

I appreciate Hulu.com being available for free use online. I also appreciate the fact that if it's going to continue to be free, commercials will have to be watched. This is ok with me. However, the volume levels of the commercials is absolutely mother fcking ridiculous. DO something about this.

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Title	Secret Agent (1936)
Runtime	1 hr. 25 min.
Studio	Scott Entertainment
Genres	Action and Adventure \| Drama
Description	The British government poses two amateurs as spouses and sends them to kill a German spy in Switzerland during Worlds War I.

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