Leslie Howard

Kay Francis

William Gargan

Phillip Reed

Irving Pichel

Ivan F. Simpson

Halliwell Hobbes

J. Carrol Naish

Walter Byron

Cesar Romero

Arthur Aylesworth

Alphonse Ethier

Frank Reicher

Tenen Holtz

Doris Lloyd

Mary Forbes

Marina Koshetz

George C. Pearce

Gregory Gaye

Paul Porcasi

Glen Cavender

Claire McDowell

Al Roberts

Scotty Moore

Anton Grot

Charles David Forrest

Laird Doyle

Michael Curtiz

Thomas Richards

Henry Blanke

Homer Van Pelt

Leo F. Forbstein

Nicholas Kobliansky

R.H. Bruce Lockhart

Orry-Kelly

Heinz Roemheld

Bernhard Kaun

Ernest Haller

Romance

Drama

British Agent

First National Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures

United States of America

CinemaSerf

Leslie Howard is "Locke", a British Consul-General in revolutionary Russia charged with trying to persuade the new Provisional government not to to abandon their pact with the allies and make peace with the Kaiser. It soon becomes clear that this new government is in a pretty precarious position too and that it won't be long before Lenin (Tenen Holtz) and his Bolsheviks will be the ones whom he sees to convince. Naturally, their support comes with strings attached that he must try to accommodate with, or without, the support of his government. Add to his woes, his personal insolvent with Lenin's assistant "Elena" (Kay Francis) and the scheming of "Pavlov" (Irving Pichel) and he has a tough task ahead of him. Sadly, though the story had potential, the execution is all just a bit all over the place. The acting is adequate at best, the dialogue wordy, the action sparse and the plenty of familiar faces in the supporting cast can't really make this story of exciting revolutionary Russia catch fire. The ending is sadly lacklustre, too.

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