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Episode 51: Cathy Gale Era |
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Production completed: 15 March 1963
Occasionally bogged down in ponderous vessels of dialog, this is a standout if only for Cathy's love interest—it's always effective to give the emotional pot a stir once in a while, particularly when it involves a lead character. Steed is especially crass and chauvinistic this time around, although we do see a glimmer of compassion for Cathy after having to arrest her lover at gunpoint. Technically the episode is quite solid, save for a very strange music cue as Steed enters via Cathy's bedroom window—but the subsequent dialog is the mother lode of best lines.
Some scenes were pre-recorded on 14 March 1963 in advance of the main recording. *This unofficial subtitle is by Yours Truly.
Cathy to Steed as he enters her window: "Go out and come through the front door like a civilized human being." Steed, looking through Cathy's snapshots: "Well, he's in every one. Hey, you could take some color ones of him—I'll get you some film, very fast, very special..." (At which point Honor Blackman works very hard to stifle a broad grin.) Cathy, defending her Handsome Harry: "He was with me when it happened." Steed: "Well, he must have had his hands full."
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SIX HANDS ACROSS A TABLE |
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Teleplay by |
Reed R. de Rouen |
CAST |
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John Steed |
Patrick Macnee 007 |
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Philip Madoc |
The Decapod |
Ilona Rodgers |
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Frank Siemen |
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Campbell Singer |
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Edward de Souza |
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John Wentworth |
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