Confidential Agent (1945)
- Starring:
- Charles Boyer, Lauren Bacall, (more)
- Director(s):
- Herman Shumlin
Synopsis of Confidential Agent
A Graham Greene novel was the source of the Warner Bros. espionage thriller Confidential Agent. Charles Boyer stars as Denard, a former concert musician operating as anti-Fascist secret agent in the Spanish Civil War. While negotiating with the neutral British for some much needed fuel supplies, Denard falls in love with gorgeous Rose Cullen (Lauren Bacall) Sympathetic to his cause, Rose helps Denard contend with such backstabbing villains as Contreras (Peter Lorre) and Mrs. Melandy (Katina Paxinou, who'd ironically won an Academy Award for her sympathetic potrayal in another Spanish Civil War drama, For Whom the Bell Tolls). Critics in 1945 liked Confidential Agent but trounced leading lady Lauren Bacall, suggesting that she was merely a pretty amateur who'd coasted to stardom via her associations with actor Humphrey Bogart and director Howard Hawks. At this point in her career, Bacall was inclined to agree with her detractors-though in time, she certainly proved them wrong. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Confidential Agent
- Charles Boyer - Denard
- Wanda Hendrix - Elsie
- Victor Francen - Licata
- George Coulouris - Capt. Currie
- Holmes Herbert - Lord Benditch
- Art Foster - Chauffeur
- Lawrence Grant - Lord Fatting
- George Zucco - Detective Geddes
- Lauren Bacall - Rose Cullen
- Peter Lorre - Contreras
- Katina Paxinou - Mrs. Melendez
- John Warburton - Neil Forbes
- Dan Seymour - Mr. Muckerji
- Miles Mander - Brigstock
- Ian Wolfe - Dr. Bellows
- Director(s):
- Herman Shumlin
- Writer(s):
- Robert Buckner
- Producer(s):
- Robert Buckner
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