The Devil’s Agent (1962): Cast
The Devil’s Agent is a 1962 mystery drama directed by John Paddy Carstairs, starring Peter van Eyck as Georg Droste, Christopher Lee and Peter Vaughan. It runs 1 hour 17 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 17m (77 min)
- Director
- John Paddy Carstairs
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Emmett Dalton Productions
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is The Devil’s Agent About?
The premise of The Devil’s Agent without spoilers.
Peter van Eyck plays Droste, a businessman and former WWII intelligence operative who reunites with his old wartime friend, Baron Von Straub (Christopher Lee), reviving a friendship broken by the war. When Von Straub asks Droste to deliver a small package to a contact in West Germany, the unsuspecting man is drawn into a complex web of espionage.
The Devil’s Agent Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- 1950s
- soviet intelligence
- behind the iron curtain
- double agent
- hungarian secret police
- communist bloc
- soviet bloc
- viennese businessman
- wine merchant
- east germany
- soviet zone of occupation in austria
- vienna austria
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- checkpoint
- allied control zone in austria
- mansion
- ex comrade
- world war two veteran
- former military intelligence officer
- ex nazi
- abwehr
- allied intelligence
- western intelligence
- courier
- secret document
- microfilm
- hungarian defector
- secret mission
- escape from behind the iron curtain
- hamburg germany
- wartime archive
- abwehr archive
- hidden archive
- interrogation
- communist soldier
- communist interrogator
- manhunt
- chase
- spy game
- tradecraft
- surveillance
- cattle truck driver
- head waiter
- priest
- baron
- baroness
- austrian police inspector
- count
- countess
- headmaster
- doctor
The Devil’s Agent Cast & Characters
Peter van Eyck leads the cast as Georg Droste, with Christopher Lee as Baron Ferdi von Staub and Peter Vaughan as Chief of Hungarian Police. Directed by John Paddy Carstairs; 13 actors are credited in all.
- Director John Paddy Carstairs
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Peter van Eyck as Georg Droste -
Christopher Lee as Baron Ferdi von Staub -
Peter Vaughan as Chief of Hungarian Police -
Billie Whitelaw as Piroska Maslov
Also Starring in The Devil’s Agent
· 9 more- Niall MacGinnis Paul Vass
- Marius Goring General Greenhahn
- Marianne Koch Nora Gulden
- Eric Pohlmann Bloch
- Colin Gordon Count Dezsepalvy
- Macdonald Carey Mr. Smith
- Albert Lieven Inspector Huebling
- Helen Cherry Countess Carla Cosimano
- David Knight Father Zombary
The Devil’s Agent Also Known As
Also known as “Im Namen des Teufels”.
- Also known as
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- Im Namen des Teufels
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The Devil’s Agent FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of The Devil’s Agent, each answered in a sentence.
How long is The Devil’s Agent?
The Devil’s Agent runs 1 hour 17 minutes (77 minutes).
When was The Devil’s Agent released?
The Devil’s Agent was released on September 1, 1962.
Who directed The Devil’s Agent?
The Devil’s Agent was directed by John Paddy Carstairs.
More films by John Paddy Carstairs Who is in the cast of The Devil’s Agent?
The Devil’s Agent stars Peter van Eyck as Georg Droste, Christopher Lee as Baron Ferdi von Staub and Peter Vaughan as Chief of Hungarian Police, among 13 credited actors.
Does The Devil’s Agent have a post-credit scene?
No. The Devil’s Agent has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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