Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.
Direction
Hitchcock's most ruthless suspense experiment
Acting
Sylvia Sidney's silent final scene—devastating
Editing
The bus sequence: time itself becomes a weapon
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Sylvia Sidney
Mrs. Verloc
Oskar Homolka
Karl Verloc - Her Husband
Desmond Tester
Stevie - Her Young Brother
John Loder
Ted
Joyce Barbour
Renee
Matthew Boulton
Superintendent Talbot
S. J. Warmington
Hollingshead
William Dewhurst
The Professor
Clare Greet
Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
Aubrey Mather
Greengrocer (uncredited)
Austin Trevor
Monocle Man (uncredited)
Charles Hawtrey
Studious Youngster (uncredited)
Martita Hunt
The Professor's Daughter (uncredited)
Torin Thatcher
Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited)
Peter Bull
Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Joseph Conrad's 'The Secret Agent,' which also inspired the 1996 film—though Hitchcock's version is far more brutal.
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