The White Elephant
Appearance
"The White Elephant" | |
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The Avengers episode | |
Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 15 |
Directed by | Laurence Bourne |
Written by | John Lucarotti |
Featured music | John Dankworth (theme) |
Production code | 3616[1] |
Original air date | 4 January 1964 |
Guest appearances | |
"The White Elephant" is the fifteenth episode of the third series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. It was first broadcast by ABC on 4 January 1964. The episode was written by John Lucarotti.[2]
Plot
[edit]Following the theft of Snowy, a rare albino elephant, Steed and Cathy are brought in to investigate illegal ivory smuggling.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Patrick Macnee as John Steed
- Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
- Godfrey Quigley as Noah Marshall
- Edwin Richfield as Professor Thaddeus Lawrence
- Scott Forbes as Lew Conniston
- Bruno Barnabe as Fitch
- Judy Parfitt as Brenda Paterson
- Rowena Gregory as Madge Jordan
- Toke Townley as Joseph Gourlay
- Martin Friend as George
References
[edit]- ^ Johnson, Piers. "The White Elephant". The Avengers. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ "The White Elephant". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 14 May 2012.