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Man in a Suitcase: Find the Lady (1.12, ITC, 1967)
"I'm very sorry."
"I like to watch you when you say that. Your face is not accustomed to apologising."
"You're not making it easy."
#man in a suitcase#find the lady#1967#itc#classic tv#phillip broadley#robert tronson#richard bradford#patrick cargill#maxwell shaw#jeanna roland#john garrie#robert rietty#norma foster#clive cazes#guido adorni#carlos douglas#an early episode in production terms‚ it was around this time that Bradford began to become really frustrated with the attitudes of the#producers and money men involved in the series. as in the pilot‚ he significantly redacted his dialogue to make it punchier and more#realistic‚ and he was still busily applying his own gratuitous bloody make up for the aftermath of fight scenes; but bts tensions were#building and the star even offered to buy himself out of his contract at one point. regardless of the drama behind the camera and#regardless of a rather bland plot‚ this episode does do some character building on McGill very well. he's been in Italy before whilst with#US Intelligence‚ he balances the value of his life by the potential reward of a case as well as its possible dangers‚ he admits to feeling#afraid and finding it difficult to trust. most notable of all is his reaction to a character death in this episode; he's visibly shaken‚#finds it difficult to talk and even appears to be close to tears. it's a rare moment of real deep emotion and not the kind of naturalistic#reaction to violent death that you often find in an ITC series (and it's a very good performance by Bradford too)#Cargill was a familiar face on british tv in the 60s but this is a fairly rare big role for Maxwell Shaw‚ who often played smaller supports#that could have something to do with the fact he was married to the series casting director... as with several other episodes this was#retitled late in production‚ having been shot under the title My Brother Julio (the renaming was particularly good here)
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