The Persuaders!
An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.
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A retired judge who regrets those criminals he had to let get away arranges for Brett and Danny to meet, and then gets them arrested so that they have...
Danny and Brett must discover whether or not Gold Napoleon coins are the originals, or replicas as a coin dealer claims them to be.
Danny and Brett try to help a girl whose ""long lost brother"" has suddenly appeared, cutting her off from her inheritance.
Brett's family mansion seems to have been restored without his knowledge, and taken over by strangers. To find out why, he pretends to be the actor t...
When the Judge tricks Brett and Danny into identifying a dead woman found floating in the waters of the French Riviera, they end up investigating an i...
Danny runs into political intrigue when he discovers the dead body of a reporter, then can't find it until it turns up in a car crash hours later.
After Brett loses seven days, Danny thinks Brett is acting strange but Brett thinks someone is impersonating him. They both can't be right.
Danny has to go on the run from enemy agents after his gambling winnings at a Brighton casino turn out to be part of a communist plot to pay off spies...
It seems that everyone including a former Nazi wants a German Eagle statuette, and they think that Danny is the one who has it.
An childhood friend of Danny's from the Bronx turns out to be a hit man hired to kill an American labor leader on holiday at the Cannes Film Festival.
While out camping at Brett's family estate, Danny gets chained to a brief case which he can't get off that contains a bomb.
In order to catch a war criminal, Danny must impersonate the kidnapped Brett, but how will he explain an English Lord with a Brooklyn accent?
When Danny and Brett find the decade-old dead body of a scientist in a crashed plane in the Scottish Highlands, several women claiming to be his daugh...
When Brett's plan to capture a traitorous British spy by pretending to be him results in his own capture, Danny enlists the aid of one of Brett's rela...
At a London airport, a gang of crooks who are planning a bullion heist mistake Danny for a criminal mastermind when the man's suitcase accidentally en...
Danny buys a `handy man's special' cottage in England and discovers that his neighbors are into the occult.
Trying to open a travel business, Danny and Brett encounter a New York hoodlum who needs to be smuggled out of Italy after he killed an Italian gangst...
After Danny is accused of kidnapping his blind date, a rich man's spoiled daughter, Brett and Danny decide to help rescue her from the real kidnappers...
Brett wakes up one morning and discovers that he got married the night before.
Seeking sanctuary with his old friend Brett is a spy who plans to publish his memoirs, which contain the name of every NATO, SEATO, and ANZUS agent.
Brett's relatives are being killed off one by one, so Brett and Danny decide to find the killer before he gets to Brett.
To retain the family jewels, an elderly Russian duchess must present proof of her marriage into the Russian Royal Family, which she says she can do w...
Brett and Danny both end up wooing an heiress after they are asked to break up a romance between a her and a gigolo who is courting her.
Brett resumes race car driving, only to become the target of someone who is willing to kill him in order to make him stop.
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misubisu
TMDB9 months ago
A Sun-Drenched, Champagne-Fuelled Time Capsule: Revisiting The Persuaders!
Before buddy-cop movies dominated the action-comedy landscape, there was a show that perfected the formula with a jet-setting, aristocratic twist. The Persuaders!, a 1971 British series that ran for a single, glorious season of 24 episodes, isn't just a television show; it's a mood. It’s the feeling of sun on a sports car's bonnet, the clink of glasses in a Monaco casino, and the effortless chemistry of two of the era's biggest stars at the peak of their charm.
The premise is pure, delightful fantasy. Lord Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore), a polished, witty, and impeccably dressed British aristocrat, and Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis), a self-made, street-smart American millionaire from the Bronx, are two of the world's most successful playboys. A retired English judge, frustrated by the limitations of the law, manipulates them into a partnership. His reasoning? Their shared love for adventure, women, and fast living—and their contrasting backgrounds—make them the perfect duo to persuade justice where the courts cannot.
The Magic is in the Marriage of Styles
The real genius of The Persuaders! lies not in its plots (which are often standard caper fare), but in the electric, bickering-brothers dynamic between Moore and Curtis.
- Roger Moore as Lord Brett Sinclair: Fresh from The Saint and years away from James Bond, Moore is the epitome of suave, dry wit. His Sinclair is unflappably cool, armed with a raised eyebrow and a droll one-liner for every situation. He’s the man who knows which wine to order and how to dispatch a villain without wrinkling his cuffs.
- Tony Curtis as Danny Wilde: Curtis is all New York energy and charm. As Wilde, he’s the brash, resourceful counterpoint to Sinclair's reserve, delivering lines with a classic Curtis-style patter. He’s the guy who might solve a problem with a cheeky grin or a well-thrown punch.
Their constant, good-nature...