Hitchcock's movies

Written by:
Jesse Lasky Jr.
Alma Reville
Ian Hay
Charles Bennett
Campbell Dixon

Based upon a novel by:
W. Somerset Maugham

Cinematography by:
Bernard Knowles

Production Design by:
Albert Juillon
Otto Werndorff

Costume Design by:
Joe Strassner

Film Editing by:
Charles Frend

Music by:
Louis Levy

Produced by:
Michael Balcon
Ivor Montagu

Cast

John Gielgud (Edgar Brodie/Richard Ashenden)

Peter Lorre (the general)

Madeleine Carroll (Elsa Carrington)

Robert Young (Robert Marvin)

Percy Marmont (Caypor)

Florence Kahn (his wife)

Charles Carson ('R')

Lilli Palmer (Lilli)

Tom Helmore (colonel Anderson)

Andreas Malandrinos (Manager)

Michael Redgrave (army captain)

Michel Saint-Denis (coachman)

During the first world war, novelist Edgar Brodie is sent to Switzerland by
the Intelligence Service. He has to kill a German agent.
During the mission he meets a fake general first and then Elsa Carrington.
They kill the spy, but then they realize he was an innocent tourist.
Elsa is shocked and leaves with an American, Robert Marvin. Edgar finds out
that Robert himself is the man they are searching for, so he jumps on the train.
A bomb causes the train to derail and Marvin dies after killing the general.
Edgar can now come back to his own work and marry Elsa.

Movie is very funny: spies seems to be children enjoying their play.
The fake general is an example. He talks about his duty to date with every
girl he meets. There are lots of gags in the first part of the movie till the tourist
is killed; then Elsa has a real shock and a sincere regret and the atmosphere
changes.