• title card: white all caps text reading ‘HOMICIDE AND OLD LACE’ — the last three words in an Edwardian italic — superimposed on the two old ladies pointing their antique pistols towards the right; the edge of the screen is superimposed with white lace
  • Tara listen to the click of the tumblers as she tries to crack Dunbar’s safe
  • Colonel Corf happily shows Steed forgeries of the Crown Jewels, stored in crates in his warehouse
  • The removalists pack a throne from Buckingham Palace into their van
  • The gang leaders look through the shelves of boxed artworks
  • Tara uses a stolen sub-machine gun on Dunbar’s goons
  • Steed covers his face with his hands as Mother and Rhonda laugh at Mother’s ventriloquism joke. Rhonda is holding an artist’s palette and brush

Series 6 — Episode 23
Homicide and Old Lace

Teleplay by Malcolm Hulke & Terrance Dicks
Directed by John Hough

Production No E.66.6.32 / E.67.9.27
Production completed: January 22 1969. First UK transmission: March 21 1969. First transmission (USA): March 17 1969.

Cast

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John Steed Patrick Macnee regular007
Tara King Linda Thorson regularThe Saint
Mother Patrick Newell regularDoctor WhoDanger ManRandall and Hopkirk
Harriet Joyce Carey regularDanger ManRandall and Hopkirk
Georgina Mary Merrall regularThe SaintUFORandall and Hopkirk
Colonel Corf Gerald Harper regularAdam AdamantThe Champions
Dunbar Keith Baxter
Fuller Edward Brayshaw Doctor WhoThe SaintDepartment SRandall and HopkirkAdam AdamantThe Champions
Freddie Cartwright Donald Pickering regularThe SaintDoctor WhoThe ProfessionalsThe ChampionsCarry On..
Jackson — American delegate Mark London
K. Osaka Asian delegate — Kristopher Kum regularDoctor WhoDanger ManThe ProfessionalsThe SaintPink Panther
African delegate Bari Johnson regularDanger Man
N.K. Federov — USSR delegate Stephen Hubay regularDoctor Who007The Saint
Sergeant Smith Bryan Mosley regularDoctor WhoThe SaintAdam Adamant
Kruger Gertan Klauber Doctor Who007The PrisonerThe ProfessionalsThe SaintDepartment SIndiana JonesThe SweeneyCarry On..
Rossi Kevork Malikyan Doctor WhoThe ProfessionalsIndiana JonesJason King
Taxi Driver John Rapley
Rhonda Rhonda Parker regularSpace 1999
Controller Anne Rutter regular
Dubois Bob Raymond regularDoctor WhoAdam AdamantDanger ManDepartment S
Ngushu unknown
Van driver unknown
Van driver (practical) unknown
Jeweller Sandy Stein regular
Thug (Wilson) Maxwell Craig regular007Doctor WhoThe SaintThe PrisonerThe SweeneyPink PantherUFOSpace 1999Carry On..
Man in street John Timberlake regularDoctor WhoDanger ManThe SaintThe PrisonerThe SweeneyCarry On..
Man in taxi Bill Sawyer 007Doctor WhoDanger ManThe SaintThe Champions
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Thug Romo Gorrara regular007Danger ManThe SaintThe PrisonerThe SweeneyIndiana JonesPink Panther
Thug Bill Cummings regular007The PrisonerRandall and HopkirkPink PantherThe ChampionsCarry On..
Guard Denny Powell Doctor WhoThe Prisoner007Blake’s 7Adam AdamantPink Panther
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Controller Jennifer White 007Carry On..
Controller Ken Hutchins 007The SaintCarry On..
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Packer Tony Douglas regularDoctor WhoThe SaintDanger ManThe Prisoner
Packer Derek Chafer regularDoctor WhoThe SaintThe PrisonerThe SweeneyStar WarsCarry On..
Packer Bill Hibbert regularThe SaintCarry On..
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Packer Mo Dunster Carry On..
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National Gallery Curator Sonnie Willis regularDoctor WhoDanger ManThe Sweeney
Beefeater Joseph Tregonino regular007Doctor WhoDanger ManThe SaintThe SweeneyCarry On..
Grenadier Guard unknown
Scientist Dave Griffiths The Prisoner
Frank Elrick Gerry Crampton regular007The PrisonerPink PantherIndiana JonesUFO
Verret Michael Coles Doctor WhoThe ProfessionalsThe SaintThe SweeneyDepartment SRandall and Hopkirk
Robin Clive Colin-Bowler Department S
Percy Danvers Peter Brace regularDoctor WhoDanger Man007The PrisonerStar WarsPink PantherThe Sweeney
Martin Art Thomas regular
Wilson Maxwell Craig regular007Doctor WhoThe SaintThe PrisonerThe SweeneyPink PantherUFOSpace 1999Carry On..
Hubert John Ronane regularThe SaintDepartment SThe SweeneyJason King
Mickle Colin Blakely The ChampionsPink Panther
Gilbert Garfield Morgan regularThe SaintThe SweeneyCallanRandall and HopkirkDepartment S
Professor Stone Christopher Lee regular007Star WarsIndiana JonesSpace 1999
Credits Legend:
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Credited but not listed in press
Credited in press but not on screen
Credited in paperwork only
Uncredited / unattributed rôle
® : illustrated from other sources

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