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.
Synopsis
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)
