British Agent

British Agent is a 1934 American

After the Russian Empire is overthrown and the Soviet Union is born, most Western diplomats evacuate. Stephen is left behind with just a servant, "Poohbah" Evans. Day after day, he waits with mounting frustration for instructions, passing the time with others in the same situation, the American Bob Medill, Gaston LeFarge, and Tito Del Val.

His boredom is lifted when he meets Elena again. She is now an important member of the government, working for Commissioner of War

However, her first loyalty is to her country. She demonstrates that when Stephen finally receives orders from the United Kingdom. He is to try to prevent

After the Tsar is executed, Medill, LeFarge and Del Val persuade Stephen to join them in supporting

Elena is ordered to persuade him to tell her where Stephen is; knowing that she is in love with Stephen, Medill gives her the address. She reluctantly gives the information to Trotsky, who orders soldiers to level the building. Elena sneaks into the building, as she is determined to die with Stephen. They are reprieved, however. Just as the soldiers start shooting, news arrives that Lenin will recover and that he has ordered the release of all political prisoners. Later, Stephen and Elena depart for Britain. At the train station, Medill requests they send him a supply of bubble gum.

Cast

• Leslie Howard as Stephen Locke
• Kay Francis as Elena Moura
• William Gargan as Bob Medill
• Phillip Reed as Gaston LeFarge
• Irving Pichel as Sergei Pavlov
• Ivan F. Simpson
  as "Poohbah" Evans (as Ivan Simpson)
• Halliwell Hobbes as Sir Walter Carrister
• J. Carroll Naish as Commissioner of War Trotsky
• Walter Byron as Under Secretary Stanley
• Cesar Romero as Tito Del Val
• Arthur Aylesworth as Mr. Henry Farmer
• Alphonse Ethier as Paul DeVigney
• Frank Reicher as Mr. X
• Tenen Holtz as Lenin
• Doris Lloyd as Lady Carrister
• Mary Forbes as Lady Catherine Trehearne
• Marina Schubert as Maria Nikolaievna
• George C. Pearce as Lloyd George
• Gregory Gaye as Mr. Kolinoff
• Herbert Bunston as Cabinet Member (uncredited)
• Olaf Hytten as Under Secretary Avery (uncredited)
• Joseph Mario as
  Stalin
  (uncredited)

Production

At one point, the studio considered the possibility of shooting some scenes

The same book was partly used as an inspiration for the television series