Despite lavish production values and two world class stars, this marvelous British ATV production didn't make much of a splash in the U.S.A. for some reason, airing on ABC Saturday nights for only one season during 1971-72 (there were 2 British years).

Roger Moore and Tony Curtis star as playboys who, mostly because they have too much time and money on their hands, fall unwittingly into the center of one international criminal conspiracy after another.

Tony Curtis has never been better than as the cowardly lady's man he portrays in The Persuaders while Roger Moore, who also starred as TV's The Saint, adopts the detached swagger he employed so effectively a couple of years later as James Bond. Together they form a reluctant alliance; it's the abrasive chemistry between the two that results in a pleasing mix of comedy and action.

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