Secret Agent (1936)

Secret Agent (1936)

[6] After the spirited spy hijinks of The 39 Steps, director Alfred Hitchcock followed up with another fun espionage adventure, Secret Agent, based on a pair of novels by W. Somerset Maugham. John Gielgud (Arthur) co-stars as a British novelist-turned-spy sent to…
The Letter (1940)

The Letter (1940)

[4] Bette Davis stars as a woman charged with murder. She claims it was self defense, but opposing counsel discovers a letter that threatens her verdict -- a letter she wrote to the deceased on the day she shot him... four times.…