The Avengers - '63 Set 4
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Actor: Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Ian Hendry, Linda Thorson, Patrick MacneeCinematographer: Gerald Gibbs
Cinematographer: Walter J. Harvey
Editor: Frank P. Keller
Editor: John Glen
Writer: Sydney Newman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Box set, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 364 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-04-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Avengers - '63 Set 4
Movie Review: The height of the Cathy Gale era
Summary: 4 Stars
These episodes are considered the beginning of the Avengers to most fans of the show today. These are probably the best episodes with the Cathy Gale character. As she is forced to become deeply involved in criminal organizations undercover with the direction of Steed. Each episode has a theme of a murderous criminal minds, and it is not truly apparent who is behind it all until the end.
This dvd set is a better bargain than most of the Cathy Gale era with 7 instead of 6 episodes. However, 2 of them are with the spunky Venus Smith instead of Gale.
Agian my biggest complaint of these A & E dvds is the lack of special features. It comes only with production stills. Still at least we can get to see episodes of a classic series that was not orginally aired in the US at the time they were made.
Summary of The Avengers - '63 Set 4
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 LiebensonAction & Adventure DVD Video
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