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The Avengers - '63 Set 3

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767034364
Format: Box set, Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0767034368
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 24, 2001
Running Time: 312 minutes
Sales Rank: 37286
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: March 28, 1966



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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
Devoted Avengers fans will get a kick out of this boxed set, which contains six vintage episodes from the series' second season. But it's also worth a look to those for whom the series begins and ends with Emma Peel. After all, Patrick MacNee, in his signature role as John Steed, is the star of the show. At this early stage, the urbane, umbrella-toting Steed is a more interesting character, more risible and ruthless, a little less the gentleman spy with whom American audiences are more familiar. These episodes, shot on videotape, are also cruder (part of the primitive charm is spotting bloopers such as dropped props or crouching crew members caught on camera). A pre-Pussy Galore Honor Blackman costars as Steed's 'amateur assistant,' the formidable Cathy Gale (although 'I need your help, my dear' just doesn't have the ring of 'Mrs. Peel, we're needed'). This collection contains two episodes ranked among her best. In 'Intercrime,' she is recruited to infiltrate an international criminal organization responsible for 12 robberies, not one, Steed observes, 'with the hallmark of an English criminal.' 'Warlock' casts a chilling spell, as creepy villain Cosmo Gallion (Peter Arne) uses the occult to obtain scientific secrets. This episode was originally intended to have been Cathy Gale's introduction to the series. At one point, after she deposits an inebriated Steed at his doorstep, he provocatively propositions her, 'Would you like to come up?' 'Immortal Clay' and especially 'Golden Eggs' have their moments, but the true rarities of this set are the episodes 'Box of Tricks' and 'School for Traitors,' in which Steed calls upon the services of an unwitting jazz singer named Venus Smith (Julie Stevens). The perky Venus is a love-her-or-hate-her character whose tenure with the series was brief. --Donald Liebenson



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Early adventures for Steed
For all the fans of The Avengers familiar with the Emma Peel/Tara King era of the show, these early ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - An Inimitable Partnership
Not a very gentleman-like Steed you say? Before the good old days you say? If you fondly remember that ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Of more historical interest than dramatic at this point
Of the 160 "Avengers" episodes telecast since its inception (recorded on 1/61) to the last of the Tara ... Read More


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