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The Removal Men

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Episode no.
  
Season 2 Episode 6

Produced by
  
Leonard White

Directed by
  
Don Leaver

Production code
  
2-6

Written by
  
Roger Marshall Jeremy Scott

Featured music
  
Laurie Johnson John Dankworth (theme)

The Removal Men is the sixth episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Julie Stevens. It originally aired on ABC on 3 November 1962. The episode was directed by Don Leaver and written by Roger Marshall and Jeremy Scott.

Contents

Plot

Steed goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of Mafia assassins based in France.

Music

Julie Stevens sings "An Occasional Man" by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin, accompanied by the Dave Lee Trio. The trio also perform a tune Lee stated he "made up in the studio" for the episode.

Cast

  • Patrick Macnee as John Steed
  • Julie Stevens as Venus Smith
  • Edwin Richfield as Bug Siegel
  • Reed De Rouen as Jack Dragna
  • Patricia Denys as Cecile Dragna
  • George Roderick as Charlie Binaggio
  • Douglas Muir as One Ten
  • Hira Talfrey as Charlie Bonnay
  • Edina Ronay as Nicole Cauvin
  • Donald Tandy as Godard
  • Ivor Dean as Harbour Officer
  • Hugo De Vernier as Jailer
  • George Little as Waiter

    • References

    The Removal Men Wikipedia
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