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The Avengers - '63 Set 4

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767034395
Format: Box set, Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0767034392
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: 364 minutes
Sales Rank: 41613
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: March 28, 1966

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
This boxed set dips deeper into the vaults for seven vintage, rarely seen episodes from The Avengers' second season. For series devotees, these episodes, shot on video, have a crude fascination. At this early stage, the fledgling series was more serious with less way-out stories or bizarre characters. Three of these episodes rank as among the best costarring a pre-Goldfinger Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale, Steed's resourceful and often leather-clad partner. 'The White Dwarf' is an early dabbling in science fiction, which would become this series' stock in trade in later years. Is a white dwarf star on a collision course with Earth? Can worldwide panic be avoided? Leave it to Steed to vow to 'have a good time while there's still time to have it.' In 'Six Hands Across a Table,' Steed must sink a scheme to control British shipbuilding launched by none other than Gale's new lover. In 'Brief for Murder,' Gale is a very delicti corpse as Steed goes undercover to entrap the Lakin brothers, two elderly defense lawyers with a gift for acquittal. 'A Conspiracy of Silence' and 'Killer Whale' are average episodes. Of special interest to Avengers buffs are two episodes costarring Julie Stevens as Venus Smith, a perky jazz singer whom Steed unaccountably recruits to help him. 'Man in the Mirror' is one of the worst in her brief tenure with the series, while 'A Chorus of Frogs' is perhaps her best. Venus is the entertainment on a ship on which Steed has stowed away to investigate a smuggler's death. Still, you might want to fast-forward through her two songs. --Donald Liebenson




Rating: - Avengers in top form
This Pre Emma Peel Avengers is in many ways superior although the Emma Peel set gets more attention,. ... Read More

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Rating: - No real standouts
Not that much different from the other Blackman DVD sets, though the ending of the last episode contains ... Read More

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Rating: - OJ prosecutors should have seen this
One wonders if the prosecutors in the OJ Simpson trial had seen the Avengers episode, 'Brief for Murder' ... Read More

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Rating: - Before Steed met Mrs Peel.......
there was Mrs Gale and Venus Smith.

These seven episodes of pre-Mrs Peel Avengers episodes. ... Read More

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Rating: - Almost unwatchable
As a serious fan of the Emma Peel era I was excited to find these "Cathy Gale" era videos on sale. Unfortunately, ... Read More

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