British Agent (Brutal Agent) (1934)
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British Agent starred the Hungarian/British actor Leslie Howard in the title role, was directed by full-fledged Hungarian Michael Curtiz, and costarred American leading lady Kay Francis as a Russian spy. Based on the memoirs of R. H. Bruce Lockhart, who had been the unofficial British emissary to… More British Agent starred the Hungarian/British actor Leslie Howard in the title role, was directed by full-fledged Hungarian Michael Curtiz, and costarred American leading lady Kay Francis as a Russian spy. Based on the memoirs of R. H. Bruce Lockhart, who had been the unofficial British emissary to the Russian Revolutionary government in 1917, British Agent spends more time on its romantic subplot than in recreating the birth of Bolshevism. Leslie Howard's purpose in this film is to dissuade the Bolsheviks from signing a separate treaty with the World War I German regime. It is obvious to modern-day viewers that Howard is merely looking after Britain's interests and has no concern for the Russians; this was par for the course in a 1930s film, but does not play well with less jingoistic audiences of the 1990s. The most interesting aspect of British Agent is the performance of saturnine Irving Pichel as a young Josef Stalin. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Rating, Runtime
- Unrated, 1 hr. 15 min.
- Directed By
- Michael Curtiz
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
- In Theaters
- Sep 15, 1934 Wide
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Cast
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Leslie Howardas Stephen Locke -
Kay Francisas Elena -
William Garganas Medill
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Phillip Reedas Gaston LaFarge -
Irving Pichelas Pavlov -
Walter Byronas Stanley
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