The Secret Adversary

Oct 9, 1983

2h 1m

★ 6.8

Overview

After a chance meeting and an indiscreet conversation, childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley become involved in a convoluted intrigue led by a mysterious man known simply as Mr. Brown.

Genres

Comedy

Mystery

TV Movie

Production Companies

ITV

LWT

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Cast

Tuppence

Francesca Annis

Tommy

James Warwick

Julius P. Hersheimmer

Gavan O'Herlihy

Sir James Peel Edgerton

Alec McCowen

Rita Vandemeyer

Honor Blackman

Mr. Carter

Peter Barkworth

Jane Finn

Toria Fuller

Kramenin

John Fraser

Whittington

George Baker

Boris

Donald Houston

Dr. Hall

Joseph Brady

The German

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