Friday, March 09, 2012

Naive Avengersthon - 43. The Secrets Broker

This felt like rather a messy, tangled episode. There's Mrs Wilson (Avice Landon) and her seance/blackmail combo, there's Waller the wine merchant (Jack 'Théoden/General Hermack' May) and his secret microfilm darkroom and there's Bridlington's electronics research centre where Cliff Howard (John 'Ashe/Tlotoxl' Ringham) is working on advanced weapons. Secrets are moving along this chain of setups, powered by blackmail - Ronald 'Cornish/Rago' Allen as one of the main victims.

There are some great performances though, particularly Avice Landon's polite style of blackmail, and Jack May's thoroughly unpleasant wine merchant - although smartly dressed at all times, he manages to convey the impression that he's actually in Ken Shabby's costume. And it's fascinating to see Ronald Allen as a suave, manipulative lover.

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