该电影由Tony Wharmby执导，弗兰西丝卡·安妮丝、詹姆斯·沃里克、乔治·D·贝克、亚历克·马克温等主演，于1983年上映。在114分钟的叙事中，《暗藏杀机》（又名：Agatha Christie’s ’The Secret Adversary’）Childhood friends Tommy and Tuppence meet in London after having served in World War I. Recently ”demobed”, short of money, and with no job prospects, they decide to become adventurers for hire. Soon, they are employed by the British Government to locate a secret treaty signed before the war.