• title card: white all caps text reading ‘SILENT DUST’ with faint outline superimposed on a close-up of the head of a scarecrow wearing a bowler hat
  • A soldier wearing a hazardous material suit sprays the wheels and undercarriage of a Land-Rover to prevent the spread of contamination
  • Roy Baker does Peter Hammond : Emma peers through Quince’s broken spectacles
  • Steed’s surreal dream sequence: Mrs. Peel plays an Old West doctor, extracting an enormous bullet from his wound
  • A unenthusiastic protester waves anti blood sports placards outside the pub where the Hunt is mustering
  • Steed ducks under a horse to evade the murderous lunge of Croft’s sickle
  • Steed displays superb horsemanship as he pivots his steed, brandishing a discarded placard as a weapon
  • Steed and Emma depart in a hot air balloon; she wears Victorian-inspired clothing to match the conveyance

Series 4 — Episode 14
Silent Dust

by Roger Marshall
Directed by Roy Baker

Production No E.64.10.13
Production completed: July 2 1965. First transmission: December 28 1965.

Crew

Teleplay by Roger Marshall regularThe ProfessionalsThe Sweeney
All characters and events in this Teleplay are fictitious. Any similarity to actual events or persons, living or dead, is purely co-incidental.
Directed by Roy Baker regularThe ChampionsThe SaintDepartment SRandall and HopkirkJason King
Produced by Julian Wintle regular
In Charge of Production Albert Fennell regularThe Professionals
Music by Laurie Johnson regularThe ProfessionalsJason King
Associate Producer Brian Clemens regularDanger ManThe ChampionsThe ProfessionalsAdam Adamant
Photography Ernest Steward regularCarry On..Callan (billed as Ernest Steward B.S.C.)
Art Director Harry Pottle regular007Carry On..
Film Editor Peter Tanner regular
Production Manager Geoffrey Haine regularThe Champions
© Associated British Productions Limited MCMLXV
Assistant Director Frank Hollands regularThe SaintUFO
Camera Operator James Bawden regularCarry On..
Casting Director G.B. Walker regularThe Saint
Continuity June Randall regular007The Saint
Make-up George Blackler regularThe SaintCarry On..
Hairdresser Pearl Orton regularCarry On..
Wardrobe Jackie Jackson regular
Sound Editor Lionel Selwyn regular
Sound Recording Simon Kaye regular007Indiana Jones
Dubbing Mixer Len Abbott regularThe ChampionsThe SaintDepartment S
Recording Director A.W. Lumkin regularThe Saint
Stunt Arranger Ray Austin regularThe ProfessionalsThe SaintRandall and HopkirkThe ChampionsDepartment SSpace 1999
ABC Production
Credits Legend:
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Credited in press but not on screen
Credited in paperwork only
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Crew: 90% opacity
® : illustrated from other sources

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