Amahirwe ya Simon Testra ku mutagatifu wavuzwe, yasobanuwe mu ntangiriro z'umwanditsi wa Leslie Charteris, yarakingiwe inshuro nyinshi. Filime ya mbere yafashwe amashusho mu 1938 hamwe na Luis Heyurd, naho uwanyuma muri iki gihe - mu 1997, muri yo Uruhare rw'abatagatifu bakoze val ormer. Byongeye kandi, urukurikirane rwa tereviziyo rwakuweho, aho uruhare rwa Simom Strallra rwakinnye Roger Moore.
Imiterere nyamukuru y'ibitabo na firime bifite impano idasanzwe yo kuvuka ubwa kabiri kandi yahawe akazi kugirango buriwese atuje aturuka ku mategeko, ariko akazi gahembwa cyane. Dukurikije ibintu bitandukanye, muri firime nshya yerekeye ibintu bya Simon Strera, Chris Pine bizagira uruhare runini. Umuyobozi w'Ishusho azaba deletter ("Rocketman", "abavandimwe bo mu ntwaro"), kandi SCRIMCOLN: "Ubwibone n'urwikekwe n'urwikekwe na Hunter").
Kurasa filime nshya iteganijwe gutangira iyi kugwa, kugirango itarekura Chris Umubabaro Ku ntangiriro yo gufata amashusho ya Sherlock Holmes. Ariko, mugihe habaye intsinzi ya firime yambere, kwirangira byiteze kurekura urukurikirane rwibishushanyo bijyanye namarangamutima ya Simon Toplat. N'ubundi kandi, ibyuma byubuvanganzo biremera.