The Golden Fleece

Episode aired Dec 7, 1963
TV-14
52m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

110

YOUR RATING

Honor Blackman and Patrick Macnee in The Avengers (1961)

Action Comedy Crime

Leaving a Chinese restaurant Steed picks up the wrong coat and finds a cheque to the value of £5,000 drawn to a bank in Hong Kong. It becomes evident that the restaurant is the front for an ... Read allLeaving a Chinese restaurant Steed picks up the wrong coat and finds a cheque to the value of £5,000 drawn to a bank in Hong Kong. It becomes evident that the restaurant is the front for an international gold smuggling operation, run by big wig Mr. Lo. However, the Avengers are s... Read allLeaving a Chinese restaurant Steed picks up the wrong coat and finds a cheque to the value of £5,000 drawn to a bank in Hong Kong. It becomes evident that the restaurant is the front for an international gold smuggling operation, run by big wig Mr. Lo. However, the Avengers are surprised to encounter Major Ruse, a modern Robin Hood, and his band of ex-servicemen who a... Read all

Director
- Peter Hammond
Writers
- Roger Marshall
- Phyllis Norman
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

110

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Trivia
Steed is seen reading "Tintin au Pays de L'Or Noir" (1950) by Hergé, in the original French.

Quotes
Catherine Gale: I've learned from experience that whenever you wine and dine me as well as this, it's always been the prelude to some hideous adventure.
John Steed: [chuckles] Well, you know what they say, when it's inevitable, sit back and enjoy it.

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3/10

Warren Mitchell makes his first appearance

"The Golden Fleece" is a weak, straightforward crime entry, with the elderly Asian villain (Robert Lee) smuggling gold from Britain to Hong Kong, where it fetches a higher price on the black market, aided by three military officers working on behalf of impoverished army veterans. Steed's dog Junia makes its third and last appearance, but the first to go uncredited. As was usually the case with the lesser episodes, the fiery exchanges between Steed and Cathy make up for the dull passages. Warren Mitchell makes his series debut, going on to do "The Charmers," "Two's a Crowd," and "The See-Through Man." Tenniel Evans previously did "The Big Thinker," Lisa Peake did "Kill the King," Michael Hawkins did "The Deadly Air" and "Take Me to Your Leader," and Barry Linehan did "Get-A-Way!"

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