The Secret Agent (1996 film)

For other uses, see Secret Agent (disambiguation).

The Secret Agent
Home video poster
Directed by	Christopher Hampton
Written by	Christopher Hampton
Based on	The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
Starring	Bob Hoskins Patricia Arquette Gérard Depardieu Christian Bale
Cinematography	Denis Lenoir
Edited by	George Akers
Music by	Philip Glass
Production companies	Fox Searchlight Pictures Capitol Films
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	8 November 1996 (1996-11-08)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	$106,606

The Secret Agent is a 1996 British drama-thriller film written and directed by Christopher Hampton and starring Bob Hoskins and Patricia Arquette. It is adapted from Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel of the same name.^[1][2]

Plot

Cast

• Bob Hoskins as Verloc
• Patricia Arquette as Winnie
• Gérard Depardieu as Ossipon
• Christian Bale as Stevie
• Jim Broadbent as Chief Inspector Heat
• Eddie Izzard as Vladimir
• Ralph Nossek as Yundt
• Elizabeth Spriggs as Winnie's mother
• Peter Vaughan as the Driver
• Julian Wadham as the Assistant Commissioner
• Robin Williams as the Professor (uncredited)

Release

The film opened on 8 November 1996 in New York and Los Angeles on 6 screens and grossed $22,401 in its opening weekend.^[3][4]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 50%, based on reviews from 10 critics.^[5] On Metacritic, it also has a score of 41 out of 100, based on reviews from 17 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[6]

References

1. Mark Deming. "The Secret Agent (1996) - Christopher Hampton - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
2. Vagg, Stephen (25 March 2023). "A Brief History of Hitchcock Remakes". Filmink.
3. "Weekend openers". Daily Variety. 8 November 1996. p. 3.
4. Roman, Monica (12 November 1996). "'Swingers' lights up the coastal B.O.". Daily Variety. p. 6.
5. "Joseph Conrad's 'The Secret Agent' (1996)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
6. "The Secret Agent". Metacritic. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

External links

• The Secret Agent at IMDb
• The Secret Agent at Box Office Mojo