Mission to Montreal

"Mission to Montreal" is the fifth episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee. It was first broadcast by ABC on 27 October 1962. The episode was directed by Don Leaver and written by Lester Powell.

Plot
Steed and Dr. King are assigned a mission to recover a microfilm containing the stolen plans of a missile early warning system. Shipboard, they meet knives and a drunken film star.

Cast

 * Patrick Macnee as John Steed
 * Jon Rollason as Dr. Martin King
 * Patricia English as Carla Berotti
 * Iris Russell as Sheila Dowson
 * Mark Eden as Alec Nicholson
 * Gillian Muir as Judy
 * Harold Berens as Film Director
 * Alan Curtis as A.G. Brand
 * John Bennett as Guido Marson
 * Gerald Sim as Budge
 * Eric McCain as Pearson
 * Alan Casley as Barman
 * John Frawley as Passenger
 * Malcolm Taylor as Reporter
 * Terence Woodfield as Reporter
 * Leslie Pitt as Reporter
 * Pamela Ann Davy as Peggy
 * William Buck as Photographer
 * Angela Thorne as Receptionist
 * Peter Mackriel as Steward
 * William Swan as Steward

Story Notes
Mission to Montreal is notable for introducing Dr. Martin King (Jon Rolloason), a thinly disguised reworked character of Dr. David Keel. This story marks the first of King's three appearances in the series. The other Keel episodes heldover and rewritten for series 2 are The Sell-Out and Dead on Course.