The Devil's Agent

1962Movie⏱️ 1h 17m

DramaMystery

⭐ 5.9

IMDB Rating

144 votes

In East Germany, a double agent falls for a beautiful young escapee from Hungary.

Director

John Paddy Carstairs

Writers

Robert Westerby, Hans Habe, John Paddy Carstairs

Stars

Peter van Eyck, Macdonald Carey, Marianne Koch

Language

English

Country

Ireland, United Kingdom, West Germany

💬 10

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🎭 Top Cast

Peter van Eyck

as Georg Droste

Macdonald Carey

as Mr. Smith

Marianne Koch

as Nora Gulden

Christopher Lee

as Baron Ferdi von Staub

Marius Goring

as Gen. Greenhahn

Billie Whitelaw

as Piroska Maslov

Albert Lieven

as Inspector Paul Huebling

David Knight

as Father Zombary

Helen Cherry

as Countess Carla Cosimano

Colin Gordon

as Count Dezsepalvy

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Color

Black and White

Filming Location

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Production

Eichberg-Film, Bavaria-Filmkunst, Central Cinema Company Film (CCC)

🏷️ Keywords

1950ssoviet intelligencebehind the iron curtaindouble agenthungarian secret police

🎯 Categories

DramaMystery

⭐ Featured Review

THE DEVIL'S AGENT (John Paddy Carstairs, 1962) **1/2

by Bunuel1976 • 2015-07-19

6/10

"This was another low-budget Christopher Lee movie that I was totally unfamiliar with – in fact, I had initially mistaken it as merely an alternate title for the Edgar Wallace "Krimi" THE DEVIL'S DAFFODIL (1961; which I also recently acquired in tribute to his passing and which I will be getting to presently)! That said, the result proved quite a surprise – not least for the remarkable cast its producers managed to hire: Peter Van Eyck in a rare and atypically heroic leading role; Macdonald Carey (who had just supplied the obligatory marquee value to Hammer's extraordinary ..."