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The Persuaders - Vol. 2 - Episodes 3 And 4 - Five Miles To Midnight / The Gold Napoleon [VHS] [1971]
 
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The Persuaders - Vol. 2 - Episodes 3 And 4 - Five Miles To Midnight / The Gold Napoleon [VHS] [1971]

VHS ~ Roger Moore
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  • Actors: Roger Moore, Tony Curtis
  • Format: PAL
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: ITV DVD
  • VHS Release Date: 26 Jun 2000
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B00004TIZL
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 24,010 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Between heroic spells as the Saint and James Bond, Roger Moore was teamed with Tony Curtis in this 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 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 in The Professionals) that ran over the screen in the 70s, sublimating their feelings for each other by pulling out their guns and shooting at baddies.

Volume Two includes: "Five Miles to Midnight", in which a gangster tries to escape the Mafia, with guest star Joan (The Bitch) Collins; and "The Gold Napoleon" wherein gold is hidden in a bust of Bonaparte, with Susan (Straw Dogs) George and Alfred Marks. --Kim Newman



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'The Gold Napoleon' sees Brett and Danny attempting to stop a crime syndicate.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great then, better now, 1 Nov 2000
By Peter Bond "bonduo@bigpond.net.au" (Tasmania) - See all my reviews
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To begin, The Persuaders must have one of the best theme tunes of any TV series, ever. It's dramatic, evocative and catchy with backing graphics that not only introduce the main characters, but also illustrate their divergent backgrounds and personalities.

I recently watched several episodes of The Persuaders when they were screened on pay-TV here in Australia. The show was, if not entirely unique in its format, at least a cut above its competition in the very early seventies. Nearly thirty years later, when the dross of that decade has been all but forgotten, The Persuaders still entertains, still amuses and still amazes with its original and often unusual plots.

The two episodes presented here are a pair that would very nicely introduce a new viewer to the show. The Gold Napoleon is one of my favourites. I commend the series to you.

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