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The Avengers '63, Set 2
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780767025034
Format: Box set, Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 0767025032
Label: A&E Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Release Date: October 03, 2000
Running Time: 364 minutes
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 23, 2005
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Editorial Review:
"Whenever you wine and dine me, it's always a prelude to some hideous adventure." So complains a peeved Mrs. Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman) to gentleman spy John Steed (Patrick Macnee) in "The Golden Fleece," one of six vintage, rarely seen episodes from The Avengers' third season. Hideous, not so much, but certainly bizarre, as was the high style of this unconventional espionage series. In "The Grandeur That Was Rome," for example, infestation, crop failure, and soil erosion point Steed and Mrs. Gale toward a modern-day toga-partying Caesar bent on ruling the world. For Avengers aficionados, this set contains two episodes considered to be the best of the Cathy Gale era: "Fleece," in which renegade military officers rip off a Chinese gold smuggler to finance their operation to support needy ex-servicemen; and "Dressed to Kill," an almost Agatha Christie-like caper in which a New Year's Eve costume party aboard a train gets off track when the guests, all prospective owners of property near a radar station, meet fatal ends. Fueling the Mrs. Gale vs. Mrs. Peel debate is "Don't Look Behind You," which was later remade as "The Joker" (available in The Avengers '67: Set 3). Less inspired are "The Medicine Men," "Second Sight," and "Death à la Carte," but even the series' weakest episodes have their peculiar charms. Steed himself perhaps says it best in "The Golden Fleece" as he reads from his fortune cookie: "A steed is not known for its might, but for its thoroughbred qualities." --Donald Liebenson
Produced by John Bryce; Music by Johnny Dankworth Meet television's premier femme fatale, Mrs. Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman). Attired in leather, armed with a black belt and an anthropology degree, Cathy forms one-half of the ultimate espionage team. Together with her partner--the roguish and ruthless professional agent John Steed (Patrick Macnee)--tjeu are THE AVENGERS! Join Cathy and Steed as they battle tyrants, traitors and terrorists in the original adventures that captivated British viewers and launched the AVENGERS legend. Contains the following black and white episodes: Volume 4: Second Sight/The Medicine Men Volume 5: The Grandeur That Was Rome/The Golden Fleece Volume 6: Don't Look Behind You/Death a la Carte/Dressed To Kill
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Early adventures for Steed
For all the fans of The Avengers familiar with the Emma Peel/Tara King era of the show, these early episodes featuring Cathy Gale and Venus Smith may come as something of a disappointment. In fact, fans of the later shows may find it hard to believe that they are even part of the same TV series!
After the initial run of 26 episodes featuring Police Surgeon David Keel and his cohort John Steed had aired in the UK in 1961/62, the producers of the program opted to bring Steed to the forefront ... Read More
Rating:  - The Golden Fleece
Early episodes including 'The Golden Fleece' are here. `The Avengers" was a popular 1960's British fantasy-adventure series that focused on the exploits of a male-female duo in the service of the British government. The series underwent several changes of its female lead but its one constant male lead was John Steed always portrayed by the debonair Patrick Macnee (Originally the John Steed had two male partners but that format eventually changed). Kathy Gale portrayed by Honor Blackman became Steed's ... Read More
Rating: - What is that on the TV Cathy?
If you relish a series like "Honey West," "Peter Gunn" or "77 Sunset Strip" you no doubt know about the content of what you are getting. You are more likely concerned about the quality of the product. Like John Steed (Patrick Macnee) might say to Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman), "You scratch my hat and I'll scratch your, well what ever. Just watch the umbrella please." John and Cathy Gale are back and are here to stay via DVD's digital technology. Being on DVD, the aesthetics about the actual episodes are ... Read More
Rating: - Vol. 2 of set 2 the best yet of the Cathy Gale episodes
amazon avengers 63-2
The 4 episodes in the 2nd volume of this set seem to me to comprise the best of the Honor Blackman lot so far. For starters, it is good to see the very young Peter Bowles ("The Prisoner," "To the Manor Born," etc.), Warren Mitchell (who would appear twice later as the bumbling Brodny), and even Leonard Rossiter (who would portray the immortal Reginald Perrin in his own series).
Then we can enjoy the elements, which would later be reworked into Rigg ... Read More
Rating: - Not a bad start for a cult series!
Could it get any better? I think not. Honor Blackman as the briliant Cathy Gale and Patrick Macnee as Mr Steed.
These few episodes go part way to explaining the relationship between the the main characters for the rest of episodes sharing the "Avengers" name.
We get a glimpse inside the "ministry" which was a bit of a thrill for me.
The filming techiques changed considerably between '64 and '65. This season demonstrated what sort of advances could be made in technique ... Read More
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