"The Removal Men" is the sixth episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Julie Stevens. It was first broadcast by ABC on 3 November 1962. The episode was directed by Don Leaver and written by Roger Marshall and Jeremy Scott.
Plot Steed goes undercover to infiltrate a clique of assassins based in France.
Music Julie Stevens sings "An Occasional Man" by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin, accompanied by the Dave Lee Trio. The trio also perform a tune Lee stated he "made up in the studio" for the episode.
Cast Patrick Macnee as John Steed Julie Stevens as Venus Smith Edwin Richfield as Bug Siegel Reed De Rouen as Jack Dragna Patricia Denys as Cecile Dragna George Roderick as Charlie Binaggio Douglas Muir as One Ten Hira Talfrey as Charlie Bonnay Edina Ronay as Nicole Cauvin Donald Tandy as Godard Ivor Dean as Harbour Officer Hugo De Vernier as Jailer George Little as Waiter
References
External links
Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website