Persuaders The: Complete Series (Blu-ray) (UK)
A pair of playboys with nothing in common but trouble
Certificate: PG
Running Time: 1200 mins
Retail Price: £79.99
Release Date: 19/9/2011
Content Type: TV Series
Synopsis:
Starring two icons of the movie world - Tony Curtis as a Bronx boy made good and Roger Moore as an upper crust peer of the realm. Together they are The Persuaders - seekers of justice in an unjust world. This box set contains all 24 epidodes of The Persuaders.
Episode titles: Overture, Angie Angie, Five Miles to Midnight, The Gold Napoleon, Take Seven, Greensleeves, Powerswitch, The Time and The Place, Someone Like Me, Anyone Can Play, The Old The New And The Deadly, Chain Of Events, That`s Me, The Long Goodbye, The Man In The Middle, Element of Risk, A Home of Ones Own, Nuisance Value, The Morning After, Read And Destroy, A Death In The Family, The Ozerov Inheritance, To The Death Baby, Someone Waiting.
Special Features:
• Recently found production footage (including some behind the scenes) (mute, HD)
• Extensive image galleries of rare and previously unseen stills (HD)
• The Saint: The Ex-King of Diamonds (HD)
• Previously unseen alternate title sequence (HD)
• Viewing Notes by archive television historian Andrew Pixley
• Moore and Curtis reunion on the Alan Titchmarsh Show
• Contemporary French interview footage from 1971
• 1972 Sun TV Awards footage
• BECTU History Project audio interview with Johnny Goodman
• `The Morning After - Remembering THE PERSUADERS` - Documentary featuring Roger Moore (Lord Brett Sinclair), Tony Curtis (Danny Wilde) and crew members: Robert S Baker (producer), Johnny Goodman (executive in charge of production), Malcolm Christopher (production manager), Ken Baker (assistant director), Brian Clemens (writer), Roy Ward Baker (director) and Tony Spratling (director of photography) and others
• Commentaries on three episodes featuring contributions from Sir Roger Moore, Tony Curtis, Robert S Baker, Johnny Goodman, Roy Ward Baker, Brian Clemens, Malcolm Christopher, Ken Baker and others…
• Interview with Tony Curtis on Russell Harty Show (1974)
• Mute news footage of Tony Curtis ordering a Lagonda from Aston Martin (1974)
• News footage of Roger Moore and his design consultancy for a Bradford clothing manufacturer (1970)
• Dutch AVRO skoop documentary, made during filming of THE PERSUADERS!
• Top of the Pops promotional film for John Barry`s single of The Persuaders! featuring Pan`s People
• All four feature-film versions and trailers
• Stills gallery containing over 1000 images
• Ad bumpers
• THE SAINT - the Ex-King of Diamonds (with commentary)
• 10 promotional spots - 5 foreign, 5 mute UK
• Trailer and opening sequence for unreleased feature version of The Persuaders! film
• Mute textless main and end titles
Video Tracks:
Windowboxed 1.33:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital Mono English
Subtitle Tracks:
English
Directed By:
James Hill
Leslie Norman
Gerald Mayer
Starring:
Tony Curtis
Laurence Naismith
Roger Moore
Soundtrack By:
John Barry
David Lindup
Jackie Trent
Tony Hatch
Ken Thorne
Director of Photography:
Tony Spratling
Editor:
Derek Chambers
Peter Pitt
Peter R. Hunt
Bert Rule
Costume Designer:
Roger Moore
Production Designer:
Charles Bishop
Harry Pottle
Producer:
Johnny Goodman
Robert S. Baker
Terry Nation
Distributor:
Network
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