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"The Avengers" The Hour That Never Was (1965)



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8.6/10   38 votes
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Roger Marshall (teleplay)
Original Air Date:
27 November 1965 (Season 4, Episode 9)
Plot:
On their way to a closing down party at an air base the Avengers' car crashes when they swerve to avoid hitting a dog... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Patrick Macnee ... John Steed
Diana Rigg ... Emma Peel
Gerald Harper ... Geoffrey Ridsdale
Dudley Foster ... Philip Leas
Roy Kinnear ... Hickey
Roger Booth ... 'Porky' Purser
Daniel Moynihan ... Corporal Barman
David Morrell ... Wiggins
Fred Haggerty ... Driver
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John Bennett ... Camp Cook
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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful.
Unusually gloomy, 17 February 2009
10/10
Author: slabihoud (slabihoud@vienna.at) from Vienna, Austria

It is interesting to notice the different amount of seriousness (or nonsense if you prefer to look at it from this angle) that went into each episode. Some do contain many ridiculous moments and unrealistic characters.. Some are more funny than scary and others like this one follow a much darker path.

At the beginning our team has no case to investigate, only a small dog running over meadows and causing Steed's car to have an accident. Steed and Mrs. Peel are unhurt and have their usual kind of witty dialog but as the story unfolds we see more and more strange and gloomy images. If this would not be The Avengers you would think this is some clever made thriller playing with paranoia and amnesia.

The story line reminds one of Town of no Return but the execution is more serious and for an unusual long time we get no clue what this is all about. I was very impressed how late the plot is revealed. It is one of a few episodes where you really don't know what is going on and which generates a good amount of suspense. The idea might not have been new but the way it is developed is absolutely entertaining.

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