Secret People

Secret People

LOOK OUT FOR THIS MAN! HE LIVES! AND LOVES! AND MURDERS!

1952•1h 36m•6.3/10

CrimeDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.3/10(18)

This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.

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Production

Ealing Studios

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Valentina Cortese

Valentina Cortese

Maria Brentano / Brent / Lena Collins

Serge Reggiani

Serge Reggiani

Louis Balan

Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn

Nora Brentano

Megs Jenkins

Megs Jenkins

Penny

Irene Worth

Irene Worth

Miss Jackson

Reginald Tate

Reginald Tate

Inspector Eliot

Charles Goldner

Charles Goldner

Anselmo

Angela Fouldes

Nora Brentano as a child

Simone Silva

Simone Silva

Undetermined (Minor Role - Paris Sequence) (uncredited)

Norman Williams

Sergeant Newcome

Michael Shepley

Michael Shepley

Manager of the British Pavilion

Athene Seyler

Athene Seyler

Mrs. Reginald Kellick

Sydney Tafler

Sydney Tafler

Syd Burnett

Geoffrey Hibbert

Geoffrey Hibbert

Steenie

John Ruddock

John Ruddock

Daly

Michael Allan

Rodd

John Field

Fedor Luki

Hugo Schuster

General Galbern

Lionel Harris

Frack

Rollo Gamble

Bentley

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