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Death of a Great Dane

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Episode no.
  
Season 2 Episode 8

Produced by
  
Leonard White

Directed by
  
Peter Hammond

Production code
  
2-8

Written by
  
Roger Marshall Jeremy Scott

Featured music
  
Laurie Johnson John Dankworth (theme)

Death of a Great Dane is the eighth episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. It originally aired on ABC on 17 November 1962. The episode was directed by Peter Hammond and written by Roger Marshall and Jeremy Scott.

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Plot

When a road accident victim is found to have £50,000 worth of diamonds in his stomach, Steed and Cathy are called in to investigate.

Cast

  • Patrick Macnee as John Steed
  • Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
  • Frederick Jaeger as Getz
  • Leslie French as Gregory
  • John Laurie as Sir James Mann
  • Clare Kelly as Mrs. Miller
  • Dennis Edwards as First Assistant
  • Anthony Baird as Second Assistant
  • Billy Milton as Minister
  • Eric Elliott as Winetaster
  • Roger Maxwell as Winetaster
  • Herbert Nelson as Gravedigger
  • Mike Moyer as Policeman
  • Frank Peters as George Miller
  • Kevin Barry as Kennels Man

    • References

    Death of a Great Dane Wikipedia
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