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The Gilded Cage (The Avengers)

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Episode no.
  
Season 3 Episode 7

Written by
  
Roger Marshall

Production code
  
3-7

Directed by
  
Bill Bain

Produced by
  
John Bryce

Featured music
  
Laurie Johnson John Dankworth (theme)

The Gilded Cage is the seventh episode of the third series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. It originally aired on ABC on 9 November 1963. The episode was directed by Bill Bain and written by Roger Marshall.

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Plot

Steed and Cathy set out to snare criminal mastermind John P. Spagge using a gold bullion robbery as bait. Postal cards and a gas figure prominently.

Cast

  • Patrick Macnee as John Steed
  • Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
  • Patrick Magee as John P. Spagge
  • Edric Connor as Abe Benham
  • Norman Chappell as Fleming
  • Margo Cunningham as Wardress
  • Frederic Abbott as Manley
  • Alan Haywood as Westwood
  • Martin Friend as Hammond
  • Terence Soall as Peterson
  • Geoff L'Cise as Gruber
  • Douglas Cummings as Fatso Barker
  • Neil Wilson as Groves

    • References

    The Gilded Cage (The Avengers) Wikipedia
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