The Secret Adversary (1983)

The Secret Adversary is a 1983 feature-length television adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel with the same name. It was directed by Tony Wharmby with screenplay by Pat Sandys and first broadcast on 9 )ct 1983. Although it was followed the next week by the first episode of Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime, The Secret Adversary is not considered a part of that series. It features the same lead actors James Warwick and Francesca Annis and can be thought of as a prequel.

Comparison with the original story
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Cast

 * James Warwick as Tommy Beresford
 * Francesca Annis as Tuppence Crowley
 * Gavan O'Herlihy as Julius P. Hersheimmer
 * Alec McCowen as Sir James Peele Edgerton
 * Honor Blackman as Rita Vandemeyer
 * Peter Barkworth as Mr Carter
 * Toria Fuller as Jane Finn/Annette
 * John Fraser as Kramenin
 * George Baker as Whittington
 * Donald Houston as Boris
 * Joseph Brady as Dr Hall
 * Wolf Kahler as The German
 * Reece Dinsdale as Albert
 * Peter Lovstrom as Henry
 * Matthew Scurfield as Conrad
 * Holly Watson as Child on Beach
 * Phyllida Hewat as Woman in Tea Shop
 * James Walker as Clerk #1
 * Mike Elles as Clerk #2
 * Gabrielle Blunt as Annie
 * Norman Hartley as Florist
 * Roger Ostime as Ritz Hotel Receptionist
 * Nicholas Geake as Watson
 * Simon Watkins as Man at Astley Priors
 * Steve Fletcher as Messenger Boy
 * Harry Fielder as Henchman (uncredited)
 * Andrea Hess as Cellist (uncredited)
 * Celia Sheen as Violinist (uncredited)