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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: A&E Fabric Type: 0733961706536 Graphics Memory Size: Box set, Black & White, DVD, NTSC Manufacturer Labor Warranty Description: Maximum Color Depth: A&E Home Video Maximum Focal Length: Metal Type: A&E Home Video Pearl Type: 70653 Publisher: 4 Total Firewire Ports: A&E Home Video Total Metal Weight: 1 Total Parallel Ports: April 25, 2006 Total S Video Out Ports: 728 minutes A&E Home Video March 28, 1966 Editorial Review: Product Description: Before Mrs. Emma Peel joined the team and before THE AVENGERS came to America Mr. Steed (Patrick Macnee) was a familiar figure on the British telly pursuing his crime-fighting career alongside a shifting cast of sidekicks.During THE AVENGERS' second season Steed was busy at work with Dr. Martin King a beguiling jazz singer named Venus Smith and the beautiful anthropologist Mrs. Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman). With Cathy onboard that elusive chemistry was just right and THE AVENGERS was well on its way to achieving cult phenomenon status.Go back to the beginning of THE AVENGERS with these 14 seminal episodes from the show's second season:Mr. Teddy Bear / Propellant 23 / The Decapod / Bullseye / Mission to Montreal / The Removal Men / The Mauritius Penny / Death of a Great Dane / The Sell-Out / Death on the Rocks / Traitor in Zebra / The Big Thinker / Death Dispatch / Dead On CourseSystem Requirements:Running Time 728 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/CLASSICS UPC: 733961706536 Manufacturer No: AAE-70653 Average Rating:
![]() Rating: - Dr. King Avenged! BEWARE: SPOILERS CONTAINED HEREIN "The Avengers" began in 1961 as a little-known British televison program, broadcast weekly and made cheeply on videotape. Based off a failed earlier series, "Police Surgeon" (1959), it's original main character was Dr. David Keel, played by Ian Hendry, who carried his basic character from "Police Surgeon" over to the new series. Accompanying him was the co-star of the previous series, Ingrid Hafner, who played Nurse Carol Wilson. While ... Read More Rating: - Great AvengersThis Pre Emma Peel Avengers is in many ways superior although the Emma Peel set gets more attention,. The is more understated with and Honor Blackman is really a better actress than Diana Rigg Rating: - Simply ExcellentWell, if you've made it through the other reviews here, then you already have a fair idea of what to expect. My personal opinion of these early era episodes of the Avengers is that they are in most ways far superiour to the later episodes after the show went to "color". When the show was re-geared towards us American Folk around 65' and the show went to color, something happened...someone apparently started dribbling "cheeze whiz" all over the scripts. To me, the stories and even the production values ... Read More Rating: - DismalIf you've seen the superior Diana Rigg Megaset, these early shows might require a clothes pin on the nose. Poor quality (early video tape), poor story lines, little action, little suspense, little entertainment value. Rating: - The Avengers '62I like getting the earlier shows. "Kathy Gale" was a nag. If she didn't want to go on the assignments, why did she? It has been interesting watching Steed evolve over the years. The Avengers '62 - Complete Set Buy superhero comic book collectibles at the Superhero Mall! |