"The Girl from U.N.C.L.E." (1966)TV series 1966-1967

Directors:

Richard C. Bennett
Alf Kjellin

Writer:

Boris Sobelman (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

13 September 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Plot:

This spinoff from "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." features the adventures of sexy spy April Dancer, who works...

Plot Keywords:

Acronym In Title | Spy

Cast

Stefanie Powers	...	April Dancer (29 episodes, 1966-1967)
Leo G. Carroll	...	Alexander Waverly (29 episodes, 1966-1967)
Noel Harrison	...	Mark Slate (28 episodes, 1966-1967)

Runtime:

60 min (29 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Arena Productions

Trivia:

The pilot for this series aired as a "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964) episode "The Moonglow Affair" in early 1966, with Mary Ann Mobley as April Dancer and Norman Fell as a much older and decidedly non-British Mark Slate.

Quotes:

Aunt Magda: [explaining her plan to fill the world with lookalike people] Last night, their Sonny kissed our Cher good night.

Movie Connections:

Spin off from "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964)

Iffy--Is it merely bad or just troubled?

This show was born from the potential from it's parent show, The Man From UNCLE, in a fantastic episode called "The Moonglow Affair." However, due to some mysterious fluke the producers changed the actors in the lead. This was a fatal flaw: not due to the actors, but their chemistry was very far off.

The plots of "Girl" were troubled and not very interesting. Even the supposed 'best' episode, "The Mother Muffin Affair," (starring Boris Karloff in drag), is at best a meddling excuse for a show. Such a disappointment.

If "Girl" can prove anything, it's that sometimes even the best of intentions can bear no fruit. A real shame, too.