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The Persuaders!
| The Persuaders! | |
| Premiere | September 17, 1971 |
| Finale | February 25, 1972 |
| Creator | Robert S. Baker |
| Network/Provider | ITV
ABC (USA) |
| Style | 60-minute action / adventure |
| Company | ITC Entertainment |
| Seasons | 1 |
| Episodes | 24 (List of episodes) |
| Origin | UK |
The Persuaders! is an action / adventure series that aired on ITV in the UK and on ABC in the USA.
The Persuaders! are two equally-matched men from different backgrounds who reluctantly team together to solve cases which the courts cannot.
Danny Wilde is a rough diamond, educated and moulded in the back slums of New York City, who escaped by enlisting in the U.S. Navy. He later became a millionaire in the oil business. (Curtis himself suffered a tough childhood in the Bronx, and served in the US Navy. He was 46 when he made The Persuaders, but he performed all his own stunts and fight sequences.)
Lord Brett Sinclair is a polished Harrow and Oxford educated British aristocrat; a former British Army officer and an ex-racing car driver, who addresses his comrade-in-arms as "Daniel".
Now globe-trotting playboys, the men meet on holiday in the French Riviera, instantly disliking each other and destroying a hotel bar with their fist-fight. Arrested, they are delivered to retired Judge Fulton (Laurence Naismith) who offers them the choice of spending ninety days in jail or helping him right errors of impunity. Grudgingly, Wilde and Sinclair agree to help solve Fulton's initial case. He then releases them from any threat of jail.
The men develop a sparing affection for each other, and are soon stumbling into more adventures: sometimes by chance, sometimes due again to Judge Fulton. Although the Judge recurs in the series, he has no formal relationship with his two agents. Several episodes depict his finding a way to convince Wilde and Sinclair to act on his behalf. For instance, in "Angie, Angie" he easily convinces one of the pair. In "The Man in the Middle" he endangers his agents, so that they must act in his behalf. When they are short of cash, he lures them with money. In "Powerswitch", he manipulates events from the shadows, with Sinclair and Wilde not knowing of the Judge's involvement.
Contents |
Cast
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Main Cast | |
| Tony Curtis | Danny Wilde |
| Roger Moore | Lord Brett Sinclair |
Seasons
| Season | Premiere | Finale | # | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITV | ||||||
| Season One | September 17, 1971 | February 25, 1972 | 24 | |||
In-Depth
- At a Glance: Additional information about the series
DVD Releases
| Title | Release Date | # | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complete Series | |||
| The Complete Series | November 4, 2014 | 6 | |
