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Between heroic spells as the Saint and James Bond, Roger Moore was teamed with Tony Curtis in The Persuaders, a derivative but fun series about a couple of millionaire dilettante adventurers who swan around the world competing for the attention of beautiful women and getting involved in perplexing mysteries. Moore is Lord Brett Sinclair, an upper crust Brit of impeccable breeding, while Curtis is Danny Wilde, an up-from-the-streets self-made man whose trademark is a pair of brown gloves. The allegedly tasteful Brett and the crasser Danny both model a succession of garish early 70s fashions while their pursuits of duplicitous crumpet usually wind up with the women getting away and the heroes stuck with each other. Given all that, this may well be the most blatantly homoerotic of all the buddy television pairings (see the eponymous stars of Starsky and Hutch, Regan and Carter in The Sweeney, Bodie and Doyle of The Professionals) that ran ove! r the screen in the 70s, in which the male leads sublimated their feelings for each other by pulling out their guns and shooting at baddies. --Kim Newman
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"Nitro and gylcerine... and I light the fuse!"
Two millionaire playboys - one a peer of the realm, born into money, and the other a self-made man who fought his way out of the New York slums - are conned by a retired judge into righting wrongs in a series that combines action, style, humour and panache in large quantities!
Regarded by many as the finest of Lew Grade s ITC film series, The Persuaders! stars Roger Moore and Tony Curtis as the mismatched playboys with an eye for the ladies and a penchant for landing themselves in trouble.
Alongside all 24 episodes are a wealth of special features, including:
THE MORNING AFTER - REMEMBERING THE PERSUADERS!
A feature-length documentary with contributions from Tony Curtis and Roger Moore, producer Robert S. Baker, production executive Johnny Goodman and others.
COMMENTARIES
Featuring Tony Curtis, Roger Moore, Robert S. Baker,
Johnny Goodman, Alvin Rakoff and Malcolm Christopher.
AVROSKOOP
A rarely seen edition of the Dutch television magazine programme reporting from the Pinewood set of The Persuaders! episode The Man in the Middle.
TOP OF THE POPS
Promotional film for John Barry s single of The Persuaders! featuring Pan s People.
EUROPEAN PROMOTIONAL SPOTS
Featuring Tony Curtis and Roger Moore.
THE SAINT: THE EX-KING OF DIAMONDS
Regarded as the pilot for The Persuaders!, this episodes sees Simon Templar join forces with an antagonistic American on the Riviera.
...and much more!
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44 of 46 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
It's all here – everything you ever wanted to remember about the seventies but were afraid to look back at. The full collection of 24 wisecracking, Ferrari powered, Martini-sipping, dolly-squeezing episodes is a gallop down memory lane for people of a certain age, and a jaw-dropping peephole back in time for a younger generation. Memories are made of this.
Seventies style is the great – even historical – charm of this series. Fast cars, millionaires, casinos … a rollicking, over-the-top, sunshine Riviera lifestyle which offered a welcome relief from the tungsten-lit, meat-paste-sandwich existence endured by most of the TV audience of the day. In a 1971 Britain where the highlight of the year was being converted to natural gas, 'The Persuaders' larged it and with glitzy comic panache.
Tony Curtis and Roger Moore are perfectly matched in this tongue-in-cheek antique, bouncing ad-lib and repartee off each other like a seasoned double act, pistol in one hand, champagne glass in the other. The seeds of Moore's forthcoming Bond interpretation were clearly sown here.
Episode One introduces us to millionaire playboys Danny Wilde (Curtis) and Lord Brett Sinclair (Moore), who are thrust comically together by the machinations of former Judge Fulton, now in luxury retirement in the south of France. They take up the Judge's challenge, to bring to justice some of those who have escaped his judicial net in the past and subsequently Wilde and Sinclair joke, drink, flirt and punch their way through the series, always getting their man and surrounding themselves with tasty totty into the bargain.
Yes, the sets look cheap, the hair-do's are lacquered to withstand nuclear attack and Brett Sinclair's wardrobe (designed by Roger Moore) defies description, but for a taste of excitement from the tiny niche of a pre-decimal, post-sixties world, it doesn't get better than this. This is a world where men are men and women are willing; where the hotel manager always knows your name and your usual suite is reserved; where the headwaiter shows you to the best table and the prettiest girl at the poolside falls instantly for your chat up line. And having dispensed with the baddies, straightened your tie and finished your cocktail, you screech off into the St Tropez sunset in your Aston Martin, with a mini-skirted leggy blonde.
Curtis and Moore had a ball when they made 'The Persuaders' and it shows. The humour, enjoyment and warmth they bring to their performances are clearly genuine and they stroll effortlessly through each episode, inviting the viewer to sit back and enjoy their exaggerated antics.
So, get the Space Hopper down from the attic, shake the moths out of the tank-top, fluff up the sideburns, and settle down for a nostalgia-fest of epic proportions. Sheer bliss.
48 of 51 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
In the early seventies I was allowed to stay up late on friday nights towatch this series and I loved it. I remember being intrigued by the photoalbum style opening credits and the theme tune (composed by 007's JohnBarry) was one I never forgot. Encouraged by such rich memories I decidedto splash out on this complete collection in the hope that the adventuresof Lord Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde would still prove to beentertaining and I'm pleased to say I was not to bedisappointed.
Housed in a nicely gaudy case these DVDs hark back to anera when television could still be happily entertaining without attemptingto explore the pressing social issues of the time. Of course the passageof time has left its mark, but that's all part of the fun. The costumes,the attitudes, the conveyor belt of British character acting talent andthe never quite believable plots merge together to provide fifty minuteslices of pure televisual escapism. Roger Moore and Tony Curtis play theirparts perfectly, ably assisted on occasion by their mentor the Judge,played by the excellent Laurence Naismith. Apparently further series wereplanned but underperformance in the American ratings proved to be theundoing of the idea and it was quickly dropped. Regretable in a way, butit saved the series from becoming tired and repetetive and leaves it withthe status of a cult classic. It's true to say that they don't make 'emlike this any more....
Housed in a nicely gaudy case these DVDs hark back to anera when television could still be happily entertaining without attemptingto explore the pressing social issues of the time. Of course the passageof time has left its mark, but that's all part of the fun. The costumes,the attitudes, the conveyor belt of British character acting talent andthe never quite believable plots merge together to provide fifty minuteslices of pure televisual escapism. Roger Moore and Tony Curtis play theirparts perfectly, ably assisted on occasion by their mentor the Judge,played by the excellent Laurence Naismith. Apparently further series wereplanned but underperformance in the American ratings proved to be theundoing of the idea and it was quickly dropped. Regretable in a way, butit saved the series from becoming tired and repetetive and leaves it withthe status of a cult classic. It's true to say that they don't make 'emlike this any more....
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I do remember back in 1971 when I was 11 years old, that this was one of my favourite T.V. series. I even still have pictures of the 2 stars on my old school books. I know back then that I didn't get to see the whole series, so now in my late 40's, it is such a treat to be able to watch all 24 episodes and really appreciate that wonderful British tongue in cheek humour. Roger Moore and Tony Curtis were a great partnership, as they did it so well. The interviews with the 2 stars now in their 80's, and the production team, what a wonderful trip down memory lane it is for fans of the series.
I agree with Johnny Goodman, the production executive 'I wish they'd made more, it would've been great.'
I agree with Johnny Goodman, the production executive 'I wish they'd made more, it would've been great.'
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The Persuaders
Lord Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) was born into an English aristocratic family and is heir to a fortune. He was Harrow and Oxford educated. He has never needed to work. Read more
Published 7 days ago by Ms. M. Potter
MARVELOUS TRANSFERS TO BLUE RAY!
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Unabashed vintage Moore and 70's
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It's so beautiful!
The Persuaders on Blu-ray has to be seen to be believed.
The production quality of the filming, locations and sets is just breathtaking. Read more
The production quality of the filming, locations and sets is just breathtaking. Read more
Published 3 months ago by AndyJ
Persauders Revisited.
My Daughter (age 6) and Myself are working are way through the series and we are both loving it. Great to see again after 40 years. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Neil Reynolds
On HD - The early 70's never looked better!
Over 40 years later, and there's nothing really new that can be added about the content of the series. You either like it or dismiss it. Frothy harmless fun... Read more
Published 4 months ago by W. Beckett
The Persuaders...DVD TV Series
This is the best, an absolute journey with two of the masters of the screen Roger Moore and Tony Curtis as they go jet setting and having one adventure after another.
Published 5 months ago by Mr. George Dionyssopoulos
puesauders blu-ray! fantastic!
great transfer . Hope they release more classic tv titles like this. When will Space 1999 season 2 Blu-ray be released? BRING IT ON!
Published 6 months ago by HankNSW
Amazing
Network once again has come up with a winner. The 1080p transfers are amazing! Sound is cleaned up and the packaging is great I have to say that their releases of ITC shows is... Read more
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The Persuaders!: The Complete Series - Blu-ray
Excellent service, just need time to watch it all now - so far so good. Beautifully presented and much support information in the enclosed book
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