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U.N.C.L.E. Episode Guidegrey line

SEASON FOUR 1967-1968

Excerpted from
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Book - The Behind-the-Scenes Story of a Television Classic , by Jon Heitland, (c) 1987

Used with permission from author

8:00 p.m. EST Monday

Producer: Anthony Spinner
Associate Producers: George Lehr, Irv Pearlberg
There was no production executive in the fourth season. Since the series was canceled, there were no reruns.

90. The Summit Five Affair
Visiting Berlin headquarters in preparation for a high level U.N.C.L.E. conference, "Summit Five," Solo finds agent Heinz Newman (Don Chastin) mysteriously murdered. Illya goes to Berlin, as does Harry Beldon (Albert Dekker), one of Waverly's counterparts in Section 1. Beldon suspects that either Solo or Gerald Struthers (Lloyd Bochner) committed the murder, while Illya suspects Beldon's secretary Helga Deniken (Suzanne Cramer), but Beldon himself turns out to be the traitor, and he plans to kill Waverly at the conference.

Prod. #8483
Airdate: September 11, 1967
Filmed: June 21, 24-28, 1967
Former Title: "The Heir Apparent Affair"
Writer: Robert E. Thompson
Director: Sutton Roley
Assistant Director: Donald Verk
Editor: Bill Gullick
Music: Richard Shores
Set Decorator: Richard Spero

91. The Test Tube Killer Affair
In Mexico, Solo and Illya are nearly killed by an eighteen year old "superman",Greg Martin (Christopher Jones), trained by THRUSH agent Dr. Steller (Paul Lukas) to destroy a village to demonstrate a village to demonstrate what graduates of Steller's special school can do for THRUSH. After outwitting Solo and Illya's attempts to stop him. Martin starts to fall in love with Christine Hobson (Lynn Loring) and must decide between her and his mission for THRUSH.

Prod. #8468
Airdate: September 18, 1967
Filmed: June 15-16, 19-22, 1967
Writer: Jack Turley
Director: E. Darrell Hallenbeck
Assistant Director: Glenn N. Cook
Editor: John Rogers
Music: Gerald Fried
Set Decorator: Richard Pefferle

92. The J for Judas Affair
Solo and Illya are asked by Adam Tenza (Chad Everett) to protect his millionaire industrialist father Mark Tenza (Broderick Crawford) from assassination by THRUSH, much to the resentment of the elder Tenza. When Tenza is killed by a bomb, Solo and Illya must find out where J Tenza's other son, James is, to protect him also. But Adam Tenza is actually planning to kill J, in order to hand his father's empire over to THRUSH.

Prod. #8464
Airdate: September 25, 1967
Filmed: June 23, 26-30, 1967
Former Title: "The J Affair"
Writer: Norman Hudis
Director: Alf Kjellin
Assistant Director: Maurice Vaccarino
Editor: Bill Gulick
Music: Richard Shores
Set Decorator: James I. Berkey

93. & 94. The Prince of Darkness Affair, parts 1 and 2
Solo and Illya are assigned to investigate a mysterious ray from the sky that killed the inhabitants of an African village. They find expert safecracker and fugitive from justice Luther Sebastian (Bradford Dillman), now a leader of a cult called the Third Way, and enlist his help in their plan to break into to the safe of Parviz Kharmusi (John Dehner) and steal the thermal prism that powers that deadly ray. Solo runs into Annie Justin (Carol Lynley), who is looking for Sebastian, who framed her boyfriend. Azalea (Lola Albright) helps Solo escape from Annie, and takes him to Kharmusi. But Sebastian reveals he has stolen the prism for himself so he can put it into orbit and extort the world.

Prod. #8467, 8477 (feature version, The Helicopter Spies , #6026)
Airdate: October 2, 9, 1967
Filmed: August 9-11, 14-18, 21-25, 28-29, 1967
Former Title: "The Search and Destroy Affair"
Writer: Dean Hargrove
Director: Boris Sagal
Assistant Director: Glenn S. Cook
Editor: Joseph Dervin (Part 1), Jack Rogers (Part 2)
Music: Richard Shores
Set Decorators: James L. Berkey, Hugh Hunt

95. The Master's Touch Affair
In Portugal, Solo is taken prisoner by Pharos Mandor (Jack Lord), a THRUSH chief ready to defect if his arch rival, THRUSH assassin Stepan Valandros (Nehemiah Persoff), does not kill him first. Solo meets Mandor's girlfriend, Cathy Welling (Leslie Parrish). Mandor tells Solo U.N.C.L.E. must kill Valandros or he will not defect, but his real aim is to eliminate Valandros and promote himself up the THRUSH ranks.

Prod. #8470
Airdate: October 16, 1967
Filmed: July 13-14, 17-20, 1967
Former Title: "The Lisbon Affair"
Writer: Boris Sobelman
Director: John Brahm
Assistant Director: Maurice Vaccarino
Editor: John Rogers
Music: Richard Shores
Set Decorator: James I. Berkey

96. The THRUSH Roulette Affair
THRUSH agent Barnaby Partridge (Michael Rennie) uses his island gambling casino to brainwash VIP's into committing suicide by playing on their secret fears. U.N.C.L.E. sends Taggart Coleman (Charles Drake) to the island to help Solo and Illya uncover the process, and he encounters an old love interest there, Monica (Nobu McCarthy). But Partridge takes Illya prisoner and subjects him to the process training him to kill Solo.

Prod. #8471
Airdate: October 23, 1967
Filmed: June 5-7, 10-12, 1967
Former Title: "The Deadly Club Affair"
Writer: Arthur Weingarten
Director: Sherman Marks
Assistant Director: Glenn N. Cook
Editor: Joseph Dervin
Music: Richard Shores
Set Decorator: Richard Spero

97. The Deadly Quest Affair
Illya recuperating in the hospital, is kidnapped by an old enemy, Viktor Karmak (Darrin McGavin), to lure Solo into a trap. Solo follows a clue to a twelve block condemned area of Manhattan, and finds modern artist Sheila Van Tillson (Marlyn Mason). Karmak appears and announces that Solo has until dawn to find Illya before a deadly gas kills him, while Karmak and his pet jaguar will try to hunt Solo down at the same time.

Prod. #8467
Airdate: October 30, 1967
Filmed: June 7-9, 12-14, 1967
Former Title: "The Manhattan Affair"
Writer: Robert E. Thompson
Director: Alf Kjellin
Assistant Director: Maurice Vaccarino
Editor: Joseph Dervin
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Set Decorator: James I. Berkey

98. The Fiery Angel Affair
In a Latin American country, Illya and Solo try to help the popular national leader, Angela (Madlyn Rhue) protect her government from the Secret Three, a revolutionary group backed by THRUSH. Solo is captured by the Secret Three, but escapes after learning that Vinay (Victor Ludlin), a friend of Angela's is plotting against her. He tells her husband, General Abaca (Joe Sirola), but the general is actually the one plotting to overthrow his wife's government and have her killed.

Prod. #8469
Airdate: November 6, 1967
Filmed: September 8, 11-15, 1967
Former Title: "The Boomerang Affair", "The White Queen Affair"
Writer: John W. Bloch
Director: Richard Benedict
Assistant Director: Dick Bennett
Editor: Harry Knapp
Music: Richard Shores
Set Decorator: Joseph Stone
Note: November 13, 1967, episode preempted by Ice Follies special.

99. The Survival School Affair
Illya goes to U.N.C.L.E.'s secret island training academy, the Survival School, to help Jules Cutter (Richard Beymer) find a THRUSH infiltrator who has assassinated a trainee. Suspicion focuses on three trainees Melisa Hargrove (Susan Odin), John Saimes (Chris Robinson), and Harry Williams (Charles McGraw), and Illya must find out who is the real double agent.

Prod. #8474
Airdate: November 20, 1967
Filmed: September 28-29, October 2-5, 1967
Former Title: "The Training School Affair"
Writer: Donald A. Brinkley (teleplay), Jack Turley (story and teleplay)
Director: Charles Rondeau
Assistant Director: Dick Bennett
Editor: Jack Rogers
Music: Richard Shores
Set Decorator: Joseph Stone

100. The Gurnius Affair
Solo and Illya go to visit a Nazi war criminal in prison, Von Etske (Will Kulova), but find that he has escaped with the aid of a special thought controlling device. His escape was observed by photographer Terry Cook (Judy Carne). Von Erske is joining forces with Zorgon Gurnius (George Macready), a fellow former Nazi, to reactivate their wartime triumvirate. Illya intercept Nexor, and finds that he is his exact double. He decides to impersonate Nexor to foil the plan.

Prod. #8463
Airdate: November 27, 1967
Filmed: October 6, 9-13, 1967
Writer: Milton S. Gelman
Director: Barry Shear
Assistant Director: Maurice Vaccarino
Editor: Bill Gulick
Music: Richard Shores
Set Decorator: James I. Berkey

101. The Man From THRUSH Affair
Solo and agent Andreas Petros (Robert Wolders) are sent to the island of Ibos, where THRUSH has been spending huge amounts of money on some unknown project. Solo, posing as a visiting THRUSH official, meets Dr. Killman (John Larch), the head of the project, and Marnya (Barbara Luna), who reveals that Killman is working on an earthquake device, as the real THRUSH emissary arrives.

Prod. #8485
Airdate: December 4, 1967
Filmed: September 18-22, 25, 1967
Former Title: "The Armageddon Affair"
Writer: Robert I. Holt
Director: James Sheldon
Assistant Director: Maurice Vaccarino
Editor: Joseph Dervin
Music: Richard Shores
Set Decorator: Joseph Stone
Note: December 11, 1967, episode preempted by Nancy Sinatra special.

102. The Maze Affair
Oliver Barnes (Lawrence Mantaigne), a THRUSH agent, unsuccessfully tries to destroy a package. Solo and Illya suspect a connection between this and a new "molecutronic gun" developed by Dr. Fabray (William Marshall). Solo runs into Abbe Nelton (Anna Capri). Fabray turns out to be a THRUSH collaborator. The entire scheme was a plan to get Illya to take the "gun" actually a bomb, into U.N.C.L.E. headquarters in Trojan Horse fashion.

Prod. #8480
Airdate: December 18, 1967
Filmed: July 31, August 1-4, 7, 1967
Writer: Leonard Stadd
Director: John Brahm
Assistant Director: Maurice Vaccarino
Editors: Albert WIlson, Joseph Dervin
Music: Richard Shores
Set Decorator: James I. Berkey

103. The Deep Six Affair
In London U.N.C.L.E. agent Brian Morton (Peter Bromilow) is planning on getting married much to Waverly's disapproval. Solo and Illya help Morton on his current mission, stopping THRUSH agent Commader Kroler (Alfred Ryder) from stealing the plans for a new supersubmarine. Waverly tries to dissuade Laura Adams (Diana Van Der Vlis), Morton's fiancee, but to no avail. Morton and Laura are then kidnapped by Kroler, and Kroler threatens to kill Laura if Morton does not obtain the sub for him.

Prod. #8488
Airdate: December 25, 1967
Filmed: August 30-31, September 5-7, 1967
Former Title: "The Judas Goat Affair"
Writer: Leonard Stadd
Director: E. Darrell Hallenbeck
Assistant Director: Maurice Vaccarino
Editor: Bill Gulick
Music: Richard Shores
Set Decorator: Joseph Stone
Note: January 1, 1968, episode preempted by Orange Bowl football game.

104 & 105. The Seven Wonders of the World Affair, parts 1 and 2
Mr. Webb (Mark Richman), a THRUSH agent, and Margitta Kingsley (Eleanor Parker), the wife of U.N.C.L.E. agent Robert Kingsley (Barry Sullivan), plot to steal a docility gas from General Maximilian Harmon (Leslie Nielson), who has kidnapped Professor David Garrow (Dan O'Herlihy) and his son Steve (Tony Bill). Harmon and a group of scientists consider themselves the "Seven Intellectual Wonders of the World" and, with the gas and the troops, plan to take over control of the world and ensure peace.

Prod. #8465, 8484 (feature version, How to Steal the World , #6027)
Airdate: January 8, 15, 1968
Filmed: October 16-20, 23-27, 30-31, November 1-3, 6-8, 1967
Former Title: "The Three Eyes Affair", "The 72 Hours Affair", "The To Be or Not to Be Affair"
Writer: Norman Hudis
Director: Sutton Roley
Assistant Director: Maurice Vaccarino
Editors: Harry Knapp (Part 1), Joseph Dervin (Part 2)
Music: Richard Shores
Set Decorator: Joseph Stone

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