• title card: white all caps text reading ‘THE DANGER MAKERS’ outlined in black and superimposed on a close-up of the general’s chest, showing his uniform and ribbons; the hand holding the black rose is obscured by the titles
  • Major Robertson stops his hands shaking by playing russian Roulette, pointing his service revolver at his right temple
  • The delirious Lamble climbs onto a high window ledge to calm his jangling nerves
  • Steed takes cover in the shadows of the library, atop a ladder when robertson enters and signals the Last Post on his bugle
  • Mrs. Peel takes cover behind the chimney as Steed cautiously opens the box of chocolates
  • Mrs. Peel, in a stretch catsuit, is midway through her initiation test, risking her life on an electrified obstable course
  • Steed grabs at a sword to fence with one of the officers, only to find he’s picked up a horsehair switch
  • Steed and Emma drive away from Manton House in go-karts

Series 4 — Episode 20
The Danger Makers

by Roger Marshall
Directed by Charles Crichton

Read the dialogue sheets (PDF 813KB)
Read the original synopsis (PDF 98KB)

Production No E.64.10.20
Production completed: December 10 1965. First transmission: February 8 1966.

Cast

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John Steed Patrick Macnee regular007
Emma Peel Diana Rigg regular007Doctor Who
Major Robertson Nigel Davenport regularThe Saint
Dr. Harold Long Douglas Wilmer 007The SaintPink PantherSpace 1999UFO
Colonel Adams OBE Fabia Drake The PrisonerThe Saint
Colonel Peters Moray Watson Doctor WhoThe ProfessionalsThe Saint
Lieutenant Stanhope Adrian Ropes regularRandall and Hopkirk
RAF Officer (Freddy) Richard Coleman
Gordon Lamble John Gatrell Carry On..Adam Adamant
Male Orderly Lee Fenton regularDoctor WhoThe Saint
General ‘Woody’ Groves James Ure 007The PrisonerCarry On..
Van driver Joe Wadham The SaintDanger Man
Truck driver unknown
Truckie’s mate Eric Kent regular007Doctor WhoThe SaintThe SweeneyBlake’s 7
RAF Sergeant unknown regular
RAF Corporal unknown
RAF Sergeant Royston Farrell regularDoctor Who
Navy Dangermaker Terry Plummer regular007The SaintPink Panther
Army Dangermaker Romo Gorrara regular007Danger ManThe SaintThe PrisonerThe SweeneyIndiana JonesPink Panther
RAF Dangermaker Joe Dunne regular007The ProfessionalsThe PrisonerPink PantherSpace 1999Randall and Hopkirk
Credits Legend:
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® : illustrated from other sources

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