Somerset Maugham's short story character, Ashenden, is brought to life in Alfred Hitchcock's spectacular-for-the-time 1936 spy thriller featuring John Gielgud as the war hero in Switzerland charged with the task of finding and killing an enemy agent, a mission he, his spy 'wife', and his deranged, racially stereotyped accomplice known as The General accomplish by way of a stupendous bungle that helpfully narrows down the list of suspects from two to one.
★★★★☆
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