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Dick Turpin (Richard O'Sullivan) and his sidekick Swiftnick (Michael Deeks) arrive at a quiet little town to just relax for a few days, who find the village under the thumb of bible-thumping Nightingale (John Grillo). Turpin, in his trademark style, tries to put the tyrant in his place, but is ultimately roughed up by Nightingale's second-in-command, prizefighter Hogg (Robert Russell). Turpin figures "two can play that game" and leaves town, only to return a few hours later with a prizefighter of his own, Bracewell (Don Henderson) - a man of imposing enough stature for Nightingale and Hogg to initially retreat - but later, Bracewell challenges Hogg to a prizefight, with pretty much command over the city at stake. Of course, on the day of the fight, Bracewell doesn't show up, and Turpin, sure that Bracewell must have been captured by Nightingale and Hogg to prevent him from appearing, sends out Swiftnick to go find Bracewell while he takes on Hogg himself to buy time. And what Turpin lacks in brute force, he makes up for in cunning and speed, and as it takes Swiftnick a bit longer to track down the whereabouts of Bracewell, he manages to take out Hogg himself - if only just ...

Another fun episode of the series that again blends swashbuckler mainstays with late 1970s sentiments, adds just the right amount of comedy to things, and keeps the story small enough to fit the episode's budget, but not too small for audiences to no longer care. And the prizefight is pretty much pure comedy, as Richard O'Sullivan hams things up enough to gloss over the violence a bit but not enough to go full cartoon. In all, good fun, really.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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