The Late, Late Movie: The Secret Agent (1996) – Bob Hoskins, Patricia Arquette, Gerard Depardieu, Christian Bale,Jim Broadbent

Great cast, very mixed reviews

The Secret Agent is a 1996 British drama-thriller film written and directed by Christopher Hampton and starring Bob Hoskins and Patricia Arquette. It is adapted from Joseph Conrad‘s 1907 novel of the same name

Key cast

• Bob Hoskins as Verloc
• Patricia Arquette as Winnie
• Gérard Depardieu as Ossipon
• Christian Bale as Stevie
• Jim Broadbent as Chief Inspector Heat
• Eddie Izzard as Vladimir
• Ralph Nossek as Yundt
• Elizabeth Spriggs as Winnie’s mother
• Peter Vaughan as the Driver
• Julian Wadham as the Assistant Commissioner
• Robin Williams as the Professor, a seller of explosives