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| Subject | 0-5 | Subject | 0-5 | Subject | 0-5 | Subject | 0-5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direction | 4½ stars | Music | 3 stars | Humour | 3 stars | Intro & tag | 4½ stars |
| Mastermind | 4½ stars | Plot | 3½ stars | Emma | 3 stars | Set Design | 2 stars |
| Overall (0-10) |
A good earthy Agatha Christie story as a vehicle for Steed. Not what you'd normally expect from The Avengers, but it works nonetheless. | 7½ stars | |||||
Mrs Peel summons Steed with a rubber duck; he is needed to
attend a fancy dress party - somewhere above the south of
England!
Stranded on an unknown island, Steed and the other guests are
told that one of their number is a killer. The scenario has
been staged by Jessel to convince Kanwitch that his agent is
unbeatable. Charlotte Rampling shines in the rôle of Hana
Wild, despite unfortunately knocking out Steed, whom she
suspects to be the killer. Mrs Peel drops in to expose that
the agent is actually a pair of identical twins and Jessel
loses a shoot-out with Mrs Wild.
Steed drops in on a Mrs Peel's duck shoot, just as she bags a
brace of teddy bears - but she missed the bottle of Bollinger!
| Marque/Model | Colour | Number Plate |
|---|---|---|
| Lotus Elan S3 | glacier blue | SJH 499D |
| Handley-Page Herald | blue and white | - |
| Victim | Killer | Method |
click a name to see the face |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toy Sung V* | Stewardess V* | Sword | |||
| Freddy Richards | Wade V* | Broken back | |||
| Joe Smith | Wade V* | Pitchfork | |||
| Max Hardy | Wade V* | Sword | |||
| Mark Dayton | Wade V* | Garotte | |||
| Jason Wade V* | Steed | Spear | |||
| Wade's twin V* | Emma | Thrown off balcony | |||
| Kanwitch V* | Jessel V* | Pistol | |||
| * Wade is in fact two characters, Jason Wade and his unnamed twin. Working out which is which is left as an exercise to the reader. | |||||
| Emma's Fashions | Steed's Fashions |
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