The Protectors (this is only the 2nd time I've seen them referred by this name) have been hired to protect a visiting Middle Eastern President. However, Harry's up-to-now unseen wife and young son have been kidnapped, and in exchange for their release, Harry has agreed to assassinate his client.
Meanwhile, Caroline kidnaps the President, while Paul is at the airport meeting one of their foreign agents. He resembles The President, and takes his place while the real one is under Paul's protection. The next day, as The President steps out of his hotel in front of a crowd of people, Harry shoots him dead, and seconds later, is shot in the back dead by Caroline!
All ends well, but sadly...
Of all the episodes, THIS is the only one I can actually remember seeing back in the 70s, when NBC ran it on Sunday nights as filler after the NBC Mystery Movies. And wouldn't you know-the writer was Sylvia Anderson. Does it seem this is telling us something? At least it's nowhere as depressing as the 2 Mary Straker episodes of "UFO".
The President was a familiar face-Martin Benson. I've seen him in "EXODUS", "A MATTER OF WHO", "CLEOPATRA", "A SHOT IN THE DARK", 3 episodes of THE SAINT, the 1977 JESUS OF NAZARETH, a RETURN OF THE SAINT, THE SEA WOLVES, CAMPION ("Look To The Lady"), and, perhaps most famously, the American gangster in "GOLDFINGER" named "Mr. Solo". For someone born in London, he played a lot of foreign villains.
The real shock of this episode, was "Kahan", who under a thick accent was played by Jeremy Brett! This wound up being today's wild coincidence, as earlier this afternoon, I was watching a 1965 SHERLOCK HOLMES episode where the main villain was played by David Burke! (Seriously, what are the odds?)
This marriage with son broken up because of a job plot predated STAR TREK 2 by nearly a decade, but of course, for Gerry Anderson it was already a retread.
Meanwhile, Caroline kidnaps the President, while Paul is at the airport meeting one of their foreign agents. He resembles The President, and takes his place while the real one is under Paul's protection. The next day, as The President steps out of his hotel in front of a crowd of people, Harry shoots him dead, and seconds later, is shot in the back dead by Caroline!
All ends well, but sadly...
Of all the episodes, THIS is the only one I can actually remember seeing back in the 70s, when NBC ran it on Sunday nights as filler after the NBC Mystery Movies. And wouldn't you know-the writer was Sylvia Anderson. Does it seem this is telling us something? At least it's nowhere as depressing as the 2 Mary Straker episodes of "UFO".
The President was a familiar face-Martin Benson. I've seen him in "EXODUS", "A MATTER OF WHO", "CLEOPATRA", "A SHOT IN THE DARK", 3 episodes of THE SAINT, the 1977 JESUS OF NAZARETH, a RETURN OF THE SAINT, THE SEA WOLVES, CAMPION ("Look To The Lady"), and, perhaps most famously, the American gangster in "GOLDFINGER" named "Mr. Solo". For someone born in London, he played a lot of foreign villains.
The real shock of this episode, was "Kahan", who under a thick accent was played by Jeremy Brett! This wound up being today's wild coincidence, as earlier this afternoon, I was watching a 1965 SHERLOCK HOLMES episode where the main villain was played by David Burke! (Seriously, what are the odds?)
This marriage with son broken up because of a job plot predated STAR TREK 2 by nearly a decade, but of course, for Gerry Anderson it was already a retread.
