The Decapod

"The Decapod" is the third episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Julie Stevens. It originally aired on ABC on 13 October 1962. The episode was directed by Don Leaver and written by Eric Paice.^[1]

Plot

Steed is brought in to protect the President of a Balkan Republic from a masked assassin.^[2]

Cast

• Patrick Macnee as John Steed
• Julie Stevens as Venus Smith
• Paul Stassino as Yakob Borb
• Philip Madoc as Stepan
• Wolfe Morris as Ito
• Lynn Furlong as Edna Ramsden
• Raymond Adamson as Harry Ramsden
• Harvey Ashby as Guard's Officer
• Pamela Conway as Girl In Shower
• Stanley M. Ayers as Ring Announcer
• Doug Robinson as Bodyguard Georgi
• Valentino Musetti as Bodyguard Sarkoff
• Valerie Stanton as Cigarette Girl

References

External links

• The Decapod at the Internet Movie Database
• Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website

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