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The Secret Adversary

  • Episode aired Oct 9, 1983
  • PGPG
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Francesca Annis, Agatha Christie, and James Warwick in The Secret Adversary (1983)
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After two old friends accidentally meet and resolve to become investigators for hire, they quickly become embroiled in a missing treaty and a Bolshevik conspiracy.After two old friends accidentally meet and resolve to become investigators for hire, they quickly become embroiled in a missing treaty and a Bolshevik conspiracy.After two old friends accidentally meet and resolve to become investigators for hire, they quickly become embroiled in a missing treaty and a Bolshevik conspiracy.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
465
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    • Tony Wharmby
    • Agatha Christie(novel)
    • Pat Sandys(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • James Warwick
    • Francesca Annis
    • Gavan O'Herlihy
    • Tony Wharmby
    • Agatha Christie(novel)
    • Pat Sandys(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • James Warwick
    • Francesca Annis
    • Gavan O'Herlihy
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    • 8User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Francesca Annis and James Warwick in The Secret Adversary (1983)
    Francesca Annis in The Secret Adversary (1983)
    Francesca Annis in The Secret Adversary (1983)
    Toria Fuller in The Secret Adversary (1983)
    Toria Fuller in The Secret Adversary (1983)
    Toria Fuller in The Secret Adversary (1983)
    Toria Fuller in The Secret Adversary (1983)
    James Warwick in The Secret Adversary (1983)
    Francesca Annis in The Secret Adversary (1983)
    The Secret Adversary (1983)
    George Baker in The Secret Adversary (1983)
    John Fraser in The Secret Adversary (1983)

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    James Warwick
    James Warwick
    • Tommy Beresford
    Francesca Annis
    Francesca Annis
    • Tuppence Cowley
    Gavan O'Herlihy
    Gavan O'Herlihy
    • Julius P. Hersheimmer
    Alec McCowen
    Alec McCowen
    • Sir James Peele Edgerton
    Honor Blackman
    Honor Blackman
    • Rita Vandemeyer
    Peter Barkworth
    Peter Barkworth
    • Mr. Carter
    Toria Fuller
    Toria Fuller
    • Jane Finn…
    John Fraser
    John Fraser
    • Kramenin
    George Baker
    George Baker
    • Whittington
    Donald Houston
    Donald Houston
    • Boris
    Joseph Brady
    Joseph Brady
    • Dr. Hall
    Wolf Kahler
    Wolf Kahler
    • The German
    Reece Dinsdale
    Reece Dinsdale
    • Albert
    Peter Lovstrom
    Peter Lovstrom
    • Henry
    Matthew Scurfield
    Matthew Scurfield
    • Conrad
    Holly Watson
    Holly Watson
    • Child on Beach
    Phyllida Hewat
    Phyllida Hewat
    • Woman in Tea Shop
    James Walker
    • Clerk #1
      • Tony Wharmby
      • Agatha Christie(novel)
      • Pat Sandys(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      This film is very accurate in comparison to the book.
    • Goofs
      In the final dinner scene, a fly lands on Julius Hersheimmer's hand.
    • Quotes

      Julius P. Hersheimmer: [Tuppence says she works as Rita's parlor maid] You mean you're a menial?

      Tuppence Cowley: I'm a special agent pretending to be a menial.

    • Connections
      Follows Partners in Crime (1983)

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    6/10
    Anyone for tennis ?
    Francesca Annis and James "anyone for tennis ?" Warwick are Tommy and Tuppence in this movie length introduction to the trying television series based on an early series of novels by Agatha Christie.

    This particular novel, one of her terrible "Herzoslovakia" ones has been adapted in attempt to save something from it. A treaty with USA is lost in the sinking of the Lusitania and needs to retrieved to save the international situation and prevent a revolution. Christie was probably referencing this to the pre-WW1 political situation in central Europe, where the changing of secret alliances between the imperial powers led to the outbreak of war in Yugoslavia - the book was written before WW2 (published 1922).

    Tommy overhears a conversation in a manky house in Soho and they become embroiled in the affair. Product placement – The Daily Mirror (which owned the LWT licence at the time).
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    • Release date
      • October 9, 1983 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • London Weekend Television (LWT)
      • ITV - Independent Television
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    • 1 hour 55 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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