Death on the Rocks

10th episode of the 2nd season of The Avengers

"Death on the Rocks"

The Avengers episode

Episode no.

Season 2
Episode 10

Directed by

Jonathan Alwyn

Written by

Eric Paice

Produced by

Leonard White

Featured music

John Dankworth (theme)

Production code

3512^[1]

Original air date

1 December 1962 (1962-12-01)

Guest appearances

Meier Tzelniker
Gerald Cross
Ellen McIntosh
Naomi Chance
Hamilton Dyce

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"Death on the Rocks" is the tenth episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. It was first broadcast by ABC on 1 December 1962. The episode was directed by Jonathan Alwyn and written by Eric Paice.^[2]

Plot

Steed and Cathy investigate a gang of criminals who are flooding the market with smuggled diamonds.^[3]

Cast

Patrick Macnee as John Steed
Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
Meier Tzelniker as Samuel Ross
Gerald Cross as Fenton
Ellen McIntosh as Liza Denham
Naomi Chance as Mrs. Daniels
Hamilton Dyce as Max Daniels
David Sumner as Nicky
Richard Clarke as Van Berg
Toni Gilpin as Jackie Ross
Doug Robinson as Sid
Annette Kerr as Mrs. Ross
Haydn Ward as Painter
Jack Grossman as Diamond Dealer
Vincent Charles as Diamond Dealer

References

^ Johnson, Piers. "Death on the Rocks". The Avengers. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
^ "Death on the Rocks". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 28 April 2012.

External links

"Death on the Rocks" at IMDb
Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website

The Avengers

Characters

John Steed
Cathy Gale
Emma Peel
Tara King
Mike Gambit
Purdey
Mother

Episodes

Series 1	"Hot Snow" "Crescent Moon" "Girl on the Trapeze" "Dance with Death" "The Frighteners" "Tunnel of Fear"
Series 2	"Mr. Teddy Bear" "Propellant 23" "The Decapod" "Bullseye" "Mission to Montreal" "The Removal Men" "The Mauritius Penny" "Death of a Great Dane" "The Sell Out" "Death on the Rocks" "Traitor in Zebra" "The Big Thinker" "Death Dispatch" "Dead on Course" "Intercrime" "Immortal Clay" "Box of Tricks" "Warlock" "The Golden Eggs" "School for Traitors" "The White Dwarf" "Man in the Mirror" "Conspiracy of Silence" "A Chorus of Frogs" "Six Hands Across a Table" "Killer Whale"
Series 3	"Brief for Murder" "The Undertakers" "Man with Two Shadows" "The Nutshell" "Death of a Batman" "November Five" "The Gilded Cage" "Second Sight" "The Medicine Men" "The Grandeur That Was Rome" "The Golden Fleece" "Don't Look Behind You" "Death a la Carte" "Dressed to Kill" "The White Elephant" "The Little Wonders" "The Wringer" "Mandrake" "The Secrets Broker" "Trojan Horse" "Build a Better Mousetrap" "The Outside-In Man" "The Charmers" "Concerto" "Esprit de Corps" "Lobster Quadrille"
Series 4	"The Town of No Return" "The Gravediggers" "The Cybernauts" "A Surfeit of H₂O" "The Hour That Never Was" "A Touch of Brimstone" "What the Butler Saw"
Series 5	"From Venus with Love" "The Fear Merchants" "Escape in Time" "The See-Through Man" "The Bird Who Knew Too Much" "The Winged Avenger" "The Living Dead" "The Hidden Tiger" "The Correct Way to Kill" "The Superlative Seven" "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station" "Death's Door"
Series 6	"The Forget-Me-Knot" "Have Guns — Will Haggle" "The Morning After"