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OVERTURE

TO THE DEATH, BABY

FIVE MILES TO MIDNIGHT

ANGIE... ANGIE

POWERSWITCH

THE GOLD NAPOLEON

THE OLD, THE NEW AND THE DEADLY

TAKE SEVEN

SOMEONE LIKE ME

CHAIN OF EVENTS

GREENSLEEVES

THE OZEROV INHERITANCE

THE MORNING AFTER

ELEMENT OF RISK

SOMEONE WAITING

ANYONE CAN PLAY

THE TIME AND THE PLACE

THE LONG GOODBYE

A HOME OF ONE'S OWN

THAT'S ME OVER THERE

READ AND DESTROY

NUISANCE VALUE

A DEATH IN THE FAMILY

THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE

Compilation movies


THE PERSUADERS

MISSION: MONTE CARLO
SPORTING CHANCE

THE SWITCH
LONDON CONSPIRACY


 

The Persuaders!




Cast

Tony Curtis
DANNY WILDE

Roger Moore
LORD BRETT SINCLAIR

Jennie Linden
SHELLEY MASTERTON

Terence Morgan
FOSTER

Thorley Walters
HATTON

Harold Innocent
COADY

Robert Russell
RAMON

Roger Delgado
ESTOBAN

Juan Moreno
WAITER

Uncredited cast

Frank Maher
COADY'S BODYGUARD

Bob Simmonds
CARD PLAYER 1

Terry Plumber
CARD PLAYER 2

Alf Joint
COADY'S 1st HEAVY

Peter Braham
COADY's 2nd HEAVY

Les Crawford
STUNT DOUBLE for
ROGER MOORE

TO THE DEATH, BABY

Screenplay by DONALD JAMES
Directed by BASIL DEARDEN

"My security is that you know nobody ever got away with crossing me"

UK TRANSMISSION DATES:
Thursday 18th February 1972 - GRANADA and ANGLIA - 8pm
Friday 19th February 1972 - ATV Midlands, HTV, LONDON, SOUTHERN and YORKSHIRE - 7.30pm

A beautiful girl is a crock of gold to men in search of millions - but there are surprises at the end of the rainbow.

A rich girl is inevitably the subject of envy and attention - and Shelley Masterton is a very rich girl indeed. She has inherited a soap empire and a fortune.

Lord Brett Sinclair (ROGER MOORE) and Danny Wilde (TONY CURTIS) slither along the soft soaped trail to intrigue when in Spain and witness a row between two men named Hatton (THORLEY WALTERS) and Foster (TERENCE MORGAN).

Hatton tells them that he is Shelley Masterton's financial adviser and he is worried because Shelley has fallen for the wiles of the slithery Foster, an undoubted con man with all the charm of his profession. Thirty million dollars are at stake - the size of Shelley's fortune. Foster has, in fact, been backed by a notorious gangster, Coady (HAROLD INNOCENT), to finance the seduction. Coady's cut will be half Shelley's fortune when it falls into Foster's hands.

Brett and Danny can see one possible way out of the difficulties. They must both vie for Shelley's attention in the hope that one will lure her away from Foster.

Meeting Shelley Masterton (JENNIE LINDEN) is a pleasure. She is not only wealthy. She is very, very beautiful and worth fighting for on her looks along. Brett and Danny soon discover, though, that trying to win Shelley's affections is just the start of an explosively dangerous project, the first intimation of which is finding a document signed by Shelley giving Foster control of her money should anything happen to Hatton. And it looks as though something is going to happen when he disappears.

Brett tails Foster to a village, where he finds the abducted Hatton who, after being rescued, says he has been forced to sign a document for 100,000 dollars in Foster's favour. But it needs Shelley's counter signature. The solution would be a court case, but Shelley says she cannot face being a public figure of fun.

Brett and Danny decide on another way to help. Unknown to each other, they stake Shelley to 100,000 dollars to pay Foster off - and then find that Shelley and Hatton have disappeared and, with Foster's help, have taken Brett and Danny for 200,000 dollars - or so they think. "Shelley Masterton" is a phoney, in league with the others. But they still have gangster Coady to reckon with, and he wants his promised cut of the money. Shelley is now in such deadly danger that Hatton has to go to Brett and Danny for help.....

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THE PERSUADERS!

DEVISED AND PRODUCED BY ROBERT S. BAKER

"The Persuaders!" theme by JOHN BARRY
Music composed and conducted by KEN THORNE
Musical Supervision by DON KIRSHNER

In charge of Production - JOHNNY GOODMAN
Story Consultant & Associate Producer - TERRY NATION
Co Story Consultant - MILTON S. GELMAN

Director of Photography - TONY SPRATLING
Production Manager - MALCOLM CHRISTOPHER
Art Director - CHARLES BISHOP
Editor - DEREK HYDE CHAMBERS
Made on location and at Pinewood Studios, London, England.

Lord Sinclair's clothes designed by Roger Moore.

Assistant Director - PETER PRICE
Location Manager - ARNOLD ROSS
Camera Operator - JIMMY DEVIS
Set Dresser - KEN TAIT
Continuity - DORIS MARTIN
Production Secretary - ANN M. PATERSON

Sound Recordist - CLAUDE HITCHCOCK
Dubbing Editor - JIM SIBLEY
Dubbing Mixer - TED KARNON
Music Editor - DEVERIL GOODMAN
Make-Up - GERRY FLETCHER
Hairdressing - MIKE JONES
Wardrobe Supervisor - JOHNNY BRIGGS

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