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The Avengers

Season 1, 1961 - Episode 20

The Tunnel of Fear

by John Kruse

Top secret information is leaking into Europe from somewhere in Southend and is it a coincidence that Harry Black, a recent escapee from prison, worked in the funfair? Closer examination reveals that the Ghost Train is more scary than it looks and Wickram is arranging the leaks. Trick cigarettes allow Steed to bluff the enemy into submission and Black is proved innocent: he was hypnotised and framed.

Cast & crew * mug shots in sepia denote images sourced from other productions.

Maxie Lardner Stanley Platts
Jack Wickram John Salew
Dr David Keel Ian Hendry
{Dangerman}{New Avengers}{Police Surgeon}{The Saint}{The Sweeney}{regular}
Carol Wilson Ingrid Hafner
{Police Surgeon}{regular}
Harry Black Anthony Bate*
{regular}{The Saint}{The Champions}
John Steed Patrick Macnee
{New Avengers}{007}
One-Ten Douglas Muir
{The Saint}{regular}
Mrs Mary Black Doris Rogers
Madame Zenobia Nancy Roberts
{Carry On..}
Claire Miranda Connell
Billy Douglas Rye
Sergeant Morris Perry
{Callan}{The Champions}{The Professionals}{Dr Who}{The Sweeney}{regular}
Wickram's hencman ?
carnival girl ?
carnival girl ?
carnival girl ?
carnival girl ?
carnival girl ?
carnival girl ?
carnival boy ?
carnival boy ?
carnival boy ?
carnival boy ?
fairgoer ?
fairgoer ?
fairgoer ?
constable ?
bystander ?
crew
Teleplay by John Kruse
{The Professionals}{The Saint}
"The Avengers" Theme
composed and played by
Johnny Dankworth
Designed by James Goddard
{The Sweeney}
Producer Leonard White
{Callan}{Police Surgeon}
Directed by Guy Verney
{Callan}{Police Surgeon}

* Murray Hayne was originally hired to play Harry Black (and appears in all the known cast lists); he apparently fell ill prior to filming and was replaced by Anthony Bate. (Many thanks to Alan Hayes for uncovering this pearl of wisdom).


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