People are just discovering the secret message hidden in Mission Impossible theme tune

FANS of the Mission Impossible films are only now discovering there is a secret message hidden in the movie’s theme song.

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is the latest in the blockbuster franchise staring Hollywood Legend Tom Cruise which was released earlier this month.

Co-stars in the movie Simon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson didn’t even realise there’s more to the well-known theme song than just a catchy tune.

The pair were appearing on Today FM when one of the hosts of the Dermot &; Dave Show revealed all.

Dave said to the actors: “Can I give you my Mission Impossible fact? And maybe you know this.

“So, Lalo Schifrin, when he wrote the music for the original TV show, the famous ding, ding, ding, ding.

“It’s two long notes and two short notes and that’s the Morse Code for M.and the Morse Code for I – MI, Mission Impossible – two long notes, two short notes.”

Both actors were amazed by this, with Pegg saying: “Dave, that’s a fact I’m going to tell everyone.”

Then Rebecca chips in, adding: “I’m going to use that.”

In footage posted on Instagram the pair are then seen in an interview with the NME and there they recount the tale, leaving the interviewer gobsmacked.

Ferguson says: “It’s that fantastic.”

Many fans were also left stunned with the revelation, if the comments are anything to go by.

One person wrote: “What a legend Simon Pegg is. Credit where it is due. Brilliant trivia to uncover.”

Another said: “Nice one Dave.”

A third added: “Haha I need a shirt that says long long short short.”

In the seventh instalment of the action movie series, Cruise’s character Ethan Hunt and his IMF team lock horns with a rogue AI known as “The Entity”.

The world premiere was held on the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy on July 19 and went on general release a few days later.

As of July 23, the film has grossed £289.2million, according to Box Office Mojo.

Schifrin, an Argentine pianist and composer, also wrote the music for a number of famous films including Bullitt, Enter the Dragon and The Four Musketeers.