"The Moonglow Affair" is the 52nd episode of the
NBC
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television series ''
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' is an American spy fiction television series produced by MGM Television, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television and first broadcast on NBC. The series follows secret agents, played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, who wo ...
'' This episode served as the
pilot
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for the
spin-off series ''
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.''
Plot
While investigating a T.H.R.U.S.H. plot to sabotage
space shots, Solo and Illya are incapacitated by a quartzite radiation projector. Waverly assigns new trainee April Dancer, along with agent Mark Slate (who is past the age of retirement for enforcement agents), to find the antidote and destroy the plan. April infiltrates the cosmetics company of T.H.R.U.S.H. agent Arthur Caresse as a model, but she is uncovered by Caresse's sister Jean.
Notes
* The characters of April Dancer and Mark Slate, who are played by
Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley (February 17, 1937 – December 9, 2014) was an American actress, television personality, and Miss America 1959.
Career
Mobley was born in 1937 in Biloxi, Mississippi. After her reign as Miss America 1959, Mobley embarked on a c ...
and
Norman Fell
Norman Fell (born Norman Noah Feld; March 24, 1924 – December 14, 1998) was an American actor of film and television, most famous for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the sitcom ''Three's Company'' and its spin-off, ''The Ropers'', and his fi ...
in this episode, are played by
Stefanie Powers and
Noel Harrison
Noel John Christopher Harrison (29 January 1934 – 19 October 2013) was an English actor and singer who had a hit singing " The Windmills of Your Mind" in 1968, and was a member of the British Olympic skiing team in the 1950s. He was the son of ...
in ''The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.''
* In the episode, "Moonglow" is the name of a Caresse cosmetic product, a lipstick that
glows in the dark.
Captured image from the episode
at Framecaplib.com
References
External links
*
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1966 American television episodes
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Television pilots within series