Man with Two Shadows

3rd episode of the 3rd season of The Avengers

"Man with Two Shadows"

The Avengers episode

Episode no.

Season 3
Episode 3

Directed by

Don Leaver

Written by

James Mitchell

Produced by

John Bryce

Featured music

John Dankworth (theme)

Production code

3605^[1]

Original air date

12 October 1963 (1963-10-12)

Guest appearances

Daniel Moynihan
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Philip Anthony
Gwendolyn Watts
Geoffrey Palmer

Episode chronology

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"Man with Two Shadows" is the third 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 12 October 1963. The episode was directed by Don Leaver and written by James Mitchell.^[2]

Plot

An agent who has been given multiple personalities reveals a plot to assassinate key government scientists and officials and replace them with doppelgangers. Cathy has to identify the real Steed and eliminate his imposter.^[3]

Cast

Patrick Macnee as John Steed
Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
Daniel Moynihan as Bill Gordon
Paul Whitsun-Jones as Charles
Philip Anthony as Cummings
Gwendolyn Watts as Julie
Geoffrey Palmer as Dr. Terence
Anne Godfrey as Miss Quist
George Little as Sigi
Doug Robinson as Rudi Engel
Terence Lodge as Peter Borowski
Robert Lankesheer as Holiday Camp Official

References

^ Johnson, Piers. "Man with Two Shadows". The Avengers. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
^ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
^ "Man with Two Shadows". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 10 May 2012.

External links

"Man with Two Shadows" at IMDb
Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website

The Avengers

Characters

John Steed
Cathy Gale
Emma Peel
Tara King
Mike Gambit
Purdey
Mother

Episodes

Series 1	"Hot Snow" "Crescent Moon" "Girl on the Trapeze" "Dance with Death" "The Frighteners" "Tunnel of Fear"
Series 2	"Mr. Teddy Bear" "Propellant 23" "The Decapod" "Bullseye" "Mission to Montreal" "The Removal Men" "The Mauritius Penny" "Death of a Great Dane" "The Sell Out" "Death on the Rocks" "Traitor in Zebra" "The Big Thinker" "Death Dispatch" "Dead on Course" "Intercrime" "Immortal Clay" "Box of Tricks" "Warlock" "The Golden Eggs" "School for Traitors" "The White Dwarf" "Man in the Mirror" "Conspiracy of Silence" "A Chorus of Frogs" "Six Hands Across a Table" "Killer Whale"
Series 3	"Brief for Murder" "The Undertakers" "Man with Two Shadows" "The Nutshell" "Death of a Batman" "November Five" "The Gilded Cage" "Second Sight" "The Medicine Men" "The Grandeur That Was Rome" "The Golden Fleece" "Don't Look Behind You" "Death a la Carte" "Dressed to Kill" "The White Elephant" "The Little Wonders" "The Wringer" "Mandrake" "The Secrets Broker" "Trojan Horse" "Build a Better Mousetrap" "The Outside-In Man" "The Charmers" "Concerto" "Esprit de Corps" "Lobster Quadrille"
Series 4	"The Town of No Return" "The Gravediggers" "The Cybernauts" "A Surfeit of H₂O" "The Hour That Never Was" "A Touch of Brimstone" "What the Butler Saw"
Series 5	"From Venus with Love" "The Fear Merchants" "Escape in Time" "The See-Through Man" "The Bird Who Knew Too Much" "The Winged Avenger" "The Living Dead" "The Hidden Tiger" "The Correct Way to Kill" "The Superlative Seven" "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station" "Death's Door"
Series 6	"The Forget-Me-Knot" "Have Guns — Will Haggle" "The Morning After"