The Frighteners

The Frighteners is the fifteenth episode of Season 1, which aired on the 27th May 1961.

Previous Episode: The Springers

Next Episode: The Yellow Needle

Synopsis
Under the direction of a man called the Deacon, The Frighteners is an organization contracted to give people a royal beating in order to persuade them to behave. Steed offers Dr Keel a first hand look at the action when Sir Thomas Weller, a wealthy businessman, pays to have the disreputable Jeremy de Willoughby kept away from his young daughter. Although Weller's methods leave much to be desired, his motives are essentially good, for de Willoughby has less than honourable intentions: he is a professional marrying man, who is pursuing a rich man's daughter in order to pay off his creditors. While Steed digs up dirt on the prospective groom, the good Dr gets an urge to play super spy and goes after the head of the organization, the Deacon himself. With Weller unable to frighten de Willoughby away from his daughter, Steed and Dr Keel form an organization of their own to frighten her away from de Willoughby.

Cast

 * Dr David Keel - Ian Hendry
 * John Steed - Patrick Macnee
 * Carol Wilson - Ingrid Hafner
 * The Deacon - Willoughby Goddard
 * Jeremy de Willoughby - Philip Gilbert
 * Moxon - Philip Locke
 * Mrs Briggs - Doris Hare
 * Sir Thomas Weller - Stratford Johns
 * Marylin Weller - Dawn Beret
 * Nigel - David Andrews
 * Nature Boy - Godfrey James
 * Beppi - Neil Wilson
 * Butler - Eric Elliot
 * Secretary - Ann Taylor
 * Waiter - Ralph Tovey
 * Inspector Foster - Benn Simons
 * And: Eleanor Darling, Benny Nightingale, Victor Charrington, Frank Peters, Charles Wood

Crew

 * Writer - Berkely Mather
 * Director - Peter Hammond
 * Designer - Robert Fuest
 * Producer - Leonard White