Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone Two's a Crowd (1961–1969) Online
A mysterious Russian called Psev is arriving for a conference at which Steed and Mrs. Peel have been hired to act as the security guards. However, a man called Gordon Webster who is an exact double for Steed turns up and offers his services to Psev's entourage of four people, fooling Mrs. Peel in the process and agreeing to kill Steed. Though he is thwarted it turns out that Psev is also not exactly the man that everybody had expected him to be.
Episode complete credited cast: | |||
Patrick Macnee | - | John Steed | |
Diana Rigg | - | Emma Peel | |
Warren Mitchell | - | Brodny | |
Maria Machado | - | Alicia Elena | |
Alec Mango | - | Shvedloff | |
Wolfe Morris | - | Pudeshkin | |
Julian Glover | - | Vogel | |
John Bluthal | - | Ivenko | |
Eric Lander | - | Major Carson |
The secret conference was about Polaris submarines. The UGM-27 (Polaris) was a two-stage submarine-launched thernonuclear-warheaded missile and submarines capable of launching them were called Polaris subs. In 1964 the UK began construction of four Resolution-class subs each capable of carrying 16 Polaris missiles. The program became operational two years after this episode aired.
We see the trope of Soviet agents or diplomats stationed in the free west not wanting to ever go back to grim, grey Russia. That image of Soviets valuing western freedom and affluence started with the 1939 film 'Ninotchka', and is still being used (Eureka, 'Have an Ice Day', 2009).
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