• title card: white all caps text reading ‘THREE HANDED GAME BY DENNIS SPOONER & BRIAN CLEMENS’ superimposed on Ranson being hit in the jaw by Ivan’s outstretched fist
  • Larry crahses through the window on his motorbike
  • Steed looks at a black and white photo handed to him by the General, who sits at the table, wearing his uniform and a black eyepatch over his right eye
  • Rear-facing shot on the outside of a March 75B Formula 2 racing car painted in red and white - Steed’s ‘Big Cat’ Jaguar is catching up to it swiftly and is about to pass it
  • Gambit stands in the middle of the room, holding a red towel about his otherwise naked body, embarassed by Purdey’s arrival; she looks at th towel with interest, a smirk on her lips as Helen continues to sculpt Gambit in the background
  • Purdey stops Ranson on the stage of the theatre and strikes a balletic pose before they fight

The New Avengers, Series 1 — Episode 11
Three Handed Game

by Dennis Spooner and Brian Clemens
Directed by Ray Austin

The Cast

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John Steed Patrick Macnee regular007
Mike Gambit Gareth Hunt regularDoctor WhoSpace 1999
Purdey Joanna Lumley regular007Doctor WhoPink Panther
"Tap" Ranson David Wood
Larry Michael Petrovitch The ProfessionalsJason King
Juventor Stephen Greif Blake’s 7The ProfessionalsThe SaintDoctor Who (billed as Stephen Grief)
Ivan Tony Vogel The ProfessionalsIndiana JonesThe SaintJason King
Roger Masgard Gary Raymond The SaintUFOJason King
Colonel Meroff Terry Wood regular
Helen McKay Annie Lambert Space 1999Doctor WhoThe Sweeney
General Ronald Leigh-Hunt regularDoctor WhoDanger ManThe ProfessionalsBlake’s 7The Saint
Doctor J. Kendrick John Paul regularThe Saint
Professor Hugh Morton regularCallanThe ProfessionalsDoctor WhoThe Saint
Tony Fields Noel Trevarthen Danger ManThe Saint
Cary Bill Bailey
Larry’s gumshoe Joe Dunne regular007The ProfessionalsThe PrisonerPink PantherSpace 1999Randall and Hopkirk
Trackside cheesecake Kay Leary The Professionals

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