THE AVENGERS '65, VOL. 4 [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1966
• Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama
• Plot: According to one Avengers-appreciation Web site, three of the seven episodes contained in this two-volume set--'Too Many Christmas Trees,' 'A Surfeit of H20,' and 'Dial a Deadly Number'--rank among the 10 best episodes from the series' Mrs. Emma Peel era (a fourth, 'The Hour That Never Was,' is ranked in the top 20), making this the perfect chaser to The Avengers '65 Set 1, Vols. 1 and 2. 'What nasty situation have you got in store for me this time?' Mrs. Peel asks in 'The Man-Eater of Surrey Green,' another of the vintage, black-and-white episodes from the series' breakthrough fourth season, which introduced Diana Rigg in her signature role. The answers make for diabolically clever entertainment in classic Avengers tradition: a 'herbicial' plant from outer space (in 'The Man-Eater'), matrimonial matchmaker assassins (in 'The Murder Market'), a rainmaking vintner (in 'H20'), and a brainwashing dentist (in 'The Hour'). 'Christmas Trees' alone is worth the price of the set. In this haunting episode for all seasons, Steed is plagued by deadly nightmares that have begun to come true. Outfitted at one point as Oliver Twist, Mrs. Peel proves herself to be the woman of our dreams. --Donald Liebenson
• Cast: Patrick MacNee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson, Ian Hendry, Patrick Newell, Ingrid Hafner, Peter J. Elliott, Douglas Muir, Julie Stevens, Edwin Richfield, Norman Chappell, Billy Cornelius, Romo Gorrara, Philip Madoc, Gerald Sim, Valentino Musetti, Frank Maher, Robert James, Peter Clay, Warren Mitchell, John Laurie, Judy Parfitt, John Hollis, Doug Robinson, Ray Browne, Anthony Blackshaw, Frank Gatliff, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Peter Bowles, Kenneth J. Warren, Geoffrey Palmer, Roy Kinnear, Tenniel Evans, Peter Arne, Julian Glover, Harry Shacklock, Michael Robbins, Peter Barkworth, John Bailey, Allan Cuthbertson, Gary Watson, John Bennett, Jon Rollason, Frederick Jaeger, Peter Jeffrey, Wolfe Morris, Bernard Horsfall, Adrian Ropes, David Garth, A.J. Brown, John Crocker, Alfred Burke, John Sharp, Patricia English, Ronald Radd, Patricia Haines, Dudley Foster, Philip Locke, Iris Russell, Ivor Dean, David Langton, Richard Leech, Neil Hallett, Godfrey Quigley, Burt Kwouk, Derek Newark, John Stone, Hugh Manning, Garfield Morgan, Hamilton Dyce, Raymond Adamson, Gerald Harper, Bruno Barnabe, Howard Marion-Crawford, Gary Hope, Alister Williamson, Harvey Ashby, Jerome Willis, Jeremy Burnham, Harvey Hall, Vernon Dobtcheff, Jeremy Young, Peter Madden, Christopher Benjamin, Peter Thomas, Herbert Nelson, Terence Plummer, Rocky Taylor, Tom Adams, Michael Hawkins, Neil McCarthy, Neil Wilson, Maurice Good, Alex Scott, Steven Scott, John Woodvine, Caroline Blakiston, Irene Bradshaw, Paul Dawkins, Dan Leaver
• Director: Dan Leaver
• Runtime: 3:28
• Company: A&E, Canal+ Image International
• Media Format: Series