The Secret Agent
Home video poster
Directed byChristopher Hampton
Written byChristopher Hampton
Based onThe Secret Agent
by Joseph Conrad
Starring
CinematographyDenis Lenoir
Edited byGeorge Akers
Music byPhilip Glass
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • 8 November 1996 (1996-11-08)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
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]

Cast

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 50% based on reviews from 10 critics.[3] On Metacritic, it also has a score of 41 out of 100, based on reviews from 17 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[4]

See also

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. ↑ "Joseph Conrad's 'The Secret Agent' (1996)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "The Secret Agent". Metacritic. Retrieved 16 April 2021.


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