British Agent
HER COUNTRY DEMANDED she take a man's life while her heart demanded his lips...his love!
1934 | 80m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Michael Curtiz |
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| Writer: | R.H. Bruce Lockhart, Laird Doyle |
| Staring: |
| In the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St Petersburg, falls in love with a Russian spy. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 15, 1934 |
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| Director: | Michael Curtiz |
| Writer: | R.H. Bruce Lockhart, Laird Doyle |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, War |
| Keywords | spy, revolution, pre-code, bolshevik |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Leslie Howard | Stephen 'Steve' Locke |
| Kay Francis | Elena Moura |
| William Gargan | Bob Medill |
| Phillip Reed | Gaston LeFarge |
| Irving Pichel | Sergei Pavlov |
| Ivan F. Simpson | 'Poohbah' Evans |
| Halliwell Hobbes | Sir Walter Carrister |
| J. Carrol Naish | Commissioner of War Trotsky |
| Walter Byron | Under Secretary Stanley |
| Cesar Romero | Tito Del Val |
| Arthur Aylesworth | Mr. Henry Farmer |
| Alphonse Ethier | Paul DeVigney |
| Frank Reicher | Mr. X |
| Tenen Holtz | Lenin |
| Doris Lloyd | Lady Carrister |
| Mary Forbes | Lady Catherine Trehearne |
| Marina Koshetz | Maria Nikolaievna (as Marina Schubert) |
| George C. Pearce | Lloyd George (as George Pearce) |
| Gregory Gaye | Mr. Kolinoff |
| Paul Porcasi | Count Romano |
| Glen Cavender | Russian Policeman (uncredited) |
| Claire McDowell | Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
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| Michael Curtiz | Director |
| Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Ernest Haller | Director of Photography |
| Charles David Forrest | Sound Recordist |
| Al Roberts | Camera Operator |
| Homer Van Pelt | Still Photographer |
| R.H. Bruce Lockhart | Novel |
| Bernhard Kaun | Original Music Composer |
| Nicholas Kobliansky | Technical Supervisor |
| Laird Doyle | Screenplay |
| Thomas Richards | Editor |
| Anton Grot | Art Direction |
| Scotty Moore | Prop Maker |
| Henry Blanke | Camera Operator |
| Heinz Roemheld | Original Music Composer |
| Leo F. Forbstein | Conductor |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
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| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 2 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trending Position
Leslie Howard is "Locke", a British Consul-General in revolutionary Russia charged with trying to persuade the new Provisional government not to to abandon their pact with the allies and make peace with the Kaiser. It soon becomes clear that this new government is in a pretty precarious position too ... and that it won't be long before Lenin (Tenen Holtz) and his Bolsheviks will be the ones whom he sees to convince. Naturally, their support comes with strings attached that he must try to accommodate with, or without, the support of his government. Add to his woes, his personal insolvent with Lenin's assistant "Elena" (Kay Francis) and the scheming of "Pavlov" (Irving Pichel) and he has a tough task ahead of him. Sadly, though the story had potential, the execution is all just a bit all over the place. The acting is adequate at best, the dialogue wordy, the action sparse and the plenty of familiar faces in the supporting cast can't really make this story of exciting revolutionary Russia catch fire. The ending is sadly lacklustre, too.