THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. –The Arabian Affair – 1965
This is the 36th episode of 1964 to 1968 spy series, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. The series ran for a total of 105 episodes. The first season was filmed in black and white with the remainder shot in colour. Robert Vaughn plays agent Napoleon Solo while David McCallum, plays Illya Kuryakin, Leo G Carroll plays Mister Waverly, the boss of the secret agency known as U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law & Enforcement) Their main enemy is THRUSH, an organization out to take over the planet.
This episode has David McCallum out in the Arabian Desert keeping an eye on a secret THRUSH base. The base is being used by THRUSH to manufacture a weapon called the "Vaporiser". The device emits a stream of toxic bubbles that can dissolve human flesh in 30 seconds.
McCallum finds himself bushwhacked and captured by a group of Arabs led by Michael Ansara. Ansara's daughter, Phillis Newman, claims McCallum as a prize. She wishes to trade him at the slave market for a new camel.
While all this is going on, Robert Vaughn is going through files on THRUSH agents. He discovers that retiring THRUSH agents all meet their death 48 hours after retirement. THRUSH does not like loose ends.
Vaughn approaches THRUSH type Robert Ellenstein, who is about to retire. He shows Ellenstein evidence of what happens to THRUSH agents at the end. Vaughn offers the man and his wife protection and a new identity if he will help UNCLE. UNCLE wants the files on the new "Vaporiser" weapon.
Ellenstein takes Vaughn to his retirement party at the THRUSH headquarters. Vaughn's play for the files goes sideways and he barely escapes. THRUSH boss, Jerome Thor, is not amused with Ellentein helping UNCLE. He heads for the airport with Ellenstein to fly to Arabia. Our man Vaughn of course smuggles himself onto the aircraft.
Back in the desert, McCallum has talked the Arabs into joining him in an attack on the THRUSH base. He convinces the Arabs that he is the son of Lawrence of Arabia.
Anyways, everyone arrives at the THRUSH base at the same time. There is the mandatory gun battle between THRUSH and the good guys. Vaughn even manages to rescue Ellenstein from being used as a test subject for the "Vaporiser".
This one is fun romp with the cast all in top form.
This is the 36th episode of 1964 to 1968 spy series, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. The series ran for a total of 105 episodes. The first season was filmed in black and white with the remainder shot in colour. Robert Vaughn plays agent Napoleon Solo while David McCallum, plays Illya Kuryakin, Leo G Carroll plays Mister Waverly, the boss of the secret agency known as U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law & Enforcement) Their main enemy is THRUSH, an organization out to take over the planet.
This episode has David McCallum out in the Arabian Desert keeping an eye on a secret THRUSH base. The base is being used by THRUSH to manufacture a weapon called the "Vaporiser". The device emits a stream of toxic bubbles that can dissolve human flesh in 30 seconds.
McCallum finds himself bushwhacked and captured by a group of Arabs led by Michael Ansara. Ansara's daughter, Phillis Newman, claims McCallum as a prize. She wishes to trade him at the slave market for a new camel.
While all this is going on, Robert Vaughn is going through files on THRUSH agents. He discovers that retiring THRUSH agents all meet their death 48 hours after retirement. THRUSH does not like loose ends.
Vaughn approaches THRUSH type Robert Ellenstein, who is about to retire. He shows Ellenstein evidence of what happens to THRUSH agents at the end. Vaughn offers the man and his wife protection and a new identity if he will help UNCLE. UNCLE wants the files on the new "Vaporiser" weapon.
Ellenstein takes Vaughn to his retirement party at the THRUSH headquarters. Vaughn's play for the files goes sideways and he barely escapes. THRUSH boss, Jerome Thor, is not amused with Ellentein helping UNCLE. He heads for the airport with Ellenstein to fly to Arabia. Our man Vaughn of course smuggles himself onto the aircraft.
Back in the desert, McCallum has talked the Arabs into joining him in an attack on the THRUSH base. He convinces the Arabs that he is the son of Lawrence of Arabia.
Anyways, everyone arrives at the THRUSH base at the same time. There is the mandatory gun battle between THRUSH and the good guys. Vaughn even manages to rescue Ellenstein from being used as a test subject for the "Vaporiser".
This one is fun romp with the cast all in top form.
