"The Persuaders!" The Gold Napoleon (1971)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Roy Ward Baker

Writer:

Val Guest (screenplay)

TV Series:

"The Persuaders!" (1971)

Original Air Date:

24 September 1971 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Playboy | Cult Favorite | Car Chase | Mission | Duo

Cast

Tony Curtis	...	Danny Wilde
Roger Moore	...	Lord Brett Sinclair
Susan George	...	Michelle Devigne
Alfred Marks	...	Pullicino
Laurence Naismith	...	Judge Fulton
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Balbina	...	Sister
Hugo De Vernier	...	Hospital Porter
Jean Driant	...	Douane
Harold Goldblatt	...	Maurice Devigne
Charles Houston	...	Jacoby
Hugh Manning	...	Chief of Police
Michael McStay	...	Vernier

Runtime:

52 min

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Television Reporters International Tribune

Quotes:

Maurice Devigne: Bonjour, monsieur.
Lord Brett Sinclair: Guten Tag. Ve are intersted in your coins.
Maurice Devigne: Ah, coins. And what sort of coins have you in mind, monsieur?
Lord Brett Sinclair: Ze best. Ve are interested only in ze best. Mein late father, General von Graumann, would always say: Lest zen ze best is not best enough. Vell, does not translate vell. Ze coins, bitte.
Maurice Devigne: Well, here, we have a varied selection from these superb gold ones, several in almost mint condition to some extremly rare silver specimens and we ourselves mint a very fine bronze reproduction of the popular 100 franc gold Napoleon III.
Lord Brett Sinclair: Like zis one, ja?
Maurice Devigne: Ah yes, a particularly fine specimen.
Lord Brett Sinclair: Ja, but ve ask ourselves, is it genuine or is it counterfeit?
Maurice Devigne: Pardon, monsieur?
Lord Brett Sinclair: Oh, ve understand zat zere are many good copies around, nicht wahr?
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