Summary
Confidential Agent is an American thriller film first released in 1945,
directed by Herman Shumlin.
The film is based on a novel by Graham Greene and stars Charles Boyer, Lauren Bacall, Victor Francen, Wanda Hendrix and George Coulouris.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Herman Shumlin
- Script: Robert Buckner, Graham Greene (novel)
- Photo: James Wong Howe
- Music: Franz Waxman
- Cast: Charles Boyer (Luis Denard), Lauren Bacall (Rose Cullen), Victor Francen (Licata), Wanda Hendrix (Else), George Coulouris (Captain Currie), Peter Lorre (Contreras), Katina Paxinou (Mrs. Melandez), John Warburton (Neil Forbes), Holmes Herbert (Lord Benditch), Dan Seymour (Mr. Muckerji), Art Foster (Chauffeur), Miles Mander (Mr. Brigstock), Lawrence Grant (Lord Fetting), Ian Wolfe (Dr. Bellows), George Zucco (Detective Geddes), William Ellfeldt (Piano Player), Gilbert Allen (London Bobby), Lynn Baggett (Singer), George Broughton (Businessman), Jack Carter (Singer), Herbert Clifton (Janis), Harry Cording (Rugged ’Detective’), Cyril Delevanti (Businessman), Arthur Gould-Porter (Flirty Passenger), Bobby Hale (Businessman), Charlie Hall, Grayce Hampton (Woman on Road), Alec Harford (Bartender), Forrester Harvey (Bates), Keith Hitchcock (Plainclothes Man), Leyland Hodgson (Ship’s Captain), Brandon Hurst (Man on Train), Olaf Hytten (Harry Bates), D. Martin Jones (Detective), Charles Knight (Customs Officer), Stanley Mann (Singer), Henry Mowbray (Radigan), Leighton Noble (Piano Player), Gordon Richards (Immigration Officer), John Rogers (Seaman), C. Montague Shaw (Customs Officer), William Stack (The Butler), Geoffrey Steele (Hotel Clerk), Herbert Wyndham (Fortesque)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 118 min; B&W
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