"Propellant 23" is the second episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series ''

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'', starring

Patrick Macnee Daniel Patrick Macnee (6 February 1922 – 25 June 2015) was a British film and television actor. After serving in the Royal Navy during World War II, he began his acting career in Canada. Despite having some small film roles, Macnee spent much ...

and Honor Blackman. It was first broadcast by ABC on 6 October 1962. The episode was directed by

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and written by

Jon Manchip White Jon Ewbank Manchip White (22 June 1924''The Independent'' obituary -, 17 September 2013]. Accessed 20 October 2013 – July 31, 2013) was the Welsh American author of more than thirty books of non-fiction and fiction, including ''The Last Ra ...

Plot

Steed and Cathy must retrieve a flask of top secret rocket fuel stolen from a murdered courier at a French airport.

Cast

as John Steed * Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale * Justine Lord as Jeanette * Katherine Woodville as Laure * Geoffrey Palmer as Paul Manning * Ralph Nossek as Roland *

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as Pierre * John Crocker as Lt. 'Curly' Leclerc * Trader Faulkner as Jacques Tissot * John Dearth as Siebel * Frederick Schiller as Jules Meyer * Nicholas Courtney as Captain Legros * Michael Beint as Co-Pilot, Robert * John Gill as Baker, Jean Martan * Graham Ashley as Gendarme * Deanne Shendey as Shop Assistant

References

External links

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Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website
{{The Avengers The Avengers (season 2) episodes 1962 British television episodes