# The Persuaders - Complete Series 1971

The Persuaders! is a British action comedy television series starring Tony Curtis and Roger Moore , produced by ITC Entertainment , and initially broadcast on ITV and ABC in 1971. The show has been called 'the last major entry in the cycle of adventure series that began 11 years earlier with Danger Man in 1960', as well as 'the most ambitious and most expensive of Sir Lew Grade 's international action adventure series'. \[ 1 \] The Persuaders! was filmed in Britain, France, and Italy between May 1970 and June 1971. Despite its focus on the British and American markets, The Persuaders! became more successful elsewhere. \[ 2 \] It won its highest awards in Australia and Spain, \[ citation needed \] and Roger Moore and Tony Curtis were honoured in Germany and France for their acting. The Persuaders! used many of the resources of Moore's previous show, The Saint . These included locations, and the idea of reusing many of the visible vehicles from episode to episode. The series' synth-laden theme music was composed by John Barry . The Persuaders are two equally-matched men from different backgrounds who reluctantly team together to solve cases that the police and the courts cannot. Danny Wilde, portrayed by Tony Curtis , is a rough diamond, educated and molded in the slums of New York City , who escaped by enlisting in the US Navy . He later became a millionaire in the oil business, subsequently making and then losing several fortunes as a Wall Street investor. Listless and without…

- Kind: TV
- Year: 1971
- By: Robert S. Baker
- Genres: Crime, Adventure, Mystery
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/the-persuaders-complete-series-1971)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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