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Publicty stills of ROGER MOORE and TONY CURTIS for the British action-comedy series THE PERSUADERS!, produced by ITC Entertainment. The series was filmed in Britain, France and Italy between May 1970 and June 1971, consists of 24 Episodes and was originally aired from September 1971 until February 1972 on LWT London, UK.

The German version of The Persuaders! became a cult hit in Germany and Austria. This was largely because the dubbing was substantively altered, creating a completely different program. In France, Amicalement Vôtre (‘Amicably Yours’) was based on the re-dubbed German version instead of the English original. The German dubbing was described as ‘a unique mixture of street slang and ironic tongue-in-cheek remarks’ and it 'even mentioned Lord Sinclair becoming 007 on one or two occasions’. Dialogue frequently broke the fourth wall with lines like 'Junge, lass doch die Sprüche, die setzen ja die nächste Folge ab!’ ('Lad, just quit the big talk, or they’ll cancel the next episode!’) or 'Du musst jetzt etwas schneller werden, sonst bist Du nicht synchron’ ('You have to speed up [talk faster] now, or else you won’t be in sync’). (source: wikipedia)

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Roger Moore smiling and being cute during an interview in 1963

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Simon Templar being introduced in the first episode of each season of The Saint (1962-1969)