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A tanker gets caught up in an accident and its driver (Romo Gorrara) ends up killed, but then the tanker turns out to be stolen, and the actual tank appears to have been remodeled as a sort of team bus. There's also a knocked out lady in the tank, who mysteriously disappears. A little spoiler here, it's never actually explained why this lady was in the trunk, and knocked out at that, but a lighter she must have dropped is all the leads Jason King (Peter Wyngarde), Stewart (Joel Fabiani) and Annabelle (Rosemary Nicols) from Department S have in this case, a lighter Jason quickly tracks back to his poker partner Cortoli (Bill Nagy) in Rome - and Cortoli can give Jason the identity of the mystery woman, one Veronica Bray (Patricia Haines), whom Jason tries to pick up - only to be knocked out by her jealous boyfriend Taylor (Simon Oates). However our heroes remain on Veronica's trail, and Jason and Stewart follow her to the South of France, where wouldn't you know it another tanker's stolen. Stewart tries to pick up Veronica, and with more success, too, as he manages to knock out Taylor before Taylor can knock him out. Then Veronica wants to make Stewart her accomplice in a 2 million Pound heist - but unfortunately ends up killed before she can spill the beans. But Annabelle can figure out from some of Veronica's seemingly innocent photos what that heist will be: The heist outfit - now led by Taylor - will enter the Paris-Orly airfield inside the tanker, approach an airplane supposed to carry 2 million in gold, and pretty much snatch the loot without anybody knowing. But Department S do know, and once the heist has succeeded, Jason and Stewart simply carnap the tanker and deliver the baddies and their loot right into the arms of the French police.

Now if you're looking for clever writing ... you really want to go look elsewhere, as the premise of this episode in itself is already far-fetched, and the many plotholes and leaps of logic don't help one bit either. But at the same time it's also such a joy to watch for its late 1960s coolness, for one in the character Jason King of course, but also in its decadent locations, macho posturing, sexy women, carefree (and by today's standards often politically incorrect) humour and the like. So, not great - but a great time capsule for sure.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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