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Killer With a Long Arm

Episode Number: 4    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Friday January 20, 1978    Prod Code: A04
CI5 become aware that an assassination plot on a group of visiting Greek Royals is being planned using a rifle that has a range of over two miles. But they must find out who is the gunman and what is his target - before it is too late.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Brian Clemens
Director: David Wickes
Star: Lewis Collins (William Andrew Philip Bodie (3.7)),  Gordon Jackson (Major George Cowley),  Martin Shaw (Raymond Doyle (4.5))
Recurring Role: Bridget Brice (Betty)
Guest Star: Alan Tilvern (Tarkos),  Howard Bell (CID Sergeant),  Antony Carrick (Mervin),  Mitzi Rogers (Barbara),  James Leith (Carter),  Michael Latimer (Georgi),  Milos Kirek (Costa),  Diane Keen (Hilda),  Hal Jeayes (Poacher),  Jonathan Hyde (Tommy),  Suzanne Danielle (Pretty Girl)

Notes

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The scenes where Hilda is knocked over were shot in Watford town centre. (edit)
Granada Plus edited out the classic 'mobile ghetto' exchange between Bodie and Doyle, despite the fact it's one of the finest moments of the episode. (edit)

Quotes

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Bodie: A bust in like that you're supposed to fire from the door!
Doyle: And if I had fired from the door and missed, who was standing in the window?
Bodie: Since when did you ever miss? (edit)
Cowley: Bodie, you move before I give you the go and I'll personally break both your arms.
Bodie: ...OK. [to Doyle] Both your arms... (edit)
Bodie: I'm puzzled. If you thought we were off-duty, why'd you come looking for us in the rest room?
Cowley: Because there's one thing you and I share, Bodie.
Doyle: [muttering]: Same secretary.
Cowley: Eh? We share an animal instinct. A nose for trouble. You too, Doyle. You can't teach it, you can't learn it. You've either got it or you haven't got it. (edit)
Bodie: It's a secretary's job. Or a job that needs a secretary. How 'bout Betty? Come on, let's get her along.
Doyle: Oh, Betty's left. She left for home hours ago. Anyway, it'd ruin your concentration, starting a new romance now.
Bodie: New? For an ex-cop you rate low in observation, Doyle. (edit)
Bodie: Now he didn't have to ask you to dance? I think you've offended him.
Doyle: Should have seen me in my prime.
Bodie: Seriously, Ray, you were great back there, you know. So cool, so in command. Good trick, that.
Doyle: That's not a trick. It's just being… offensive. (edit)

Trivia

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Two famous London landmarks are shown here: firstly we see a few shots of Wimbledon, the renowned home of the annual tennis championships, and then later the Greek Royals are seen leaving Windsor Castle. (edit)
The super-rifle used is apparently a real weapon, a Russian-made Vostov model. (edit)
In the scarecrow scene, Bodie states that the villains couldn't have had time to check how accurate their shooting was, but of course Doyle had just found a Greek cigarette case directly next to the scarecrow. (edit)
This is a little bit of a cheat on The Pros' part: Georgi arrives in England via Dover port but the actual Hovercraft footage was said to be shot at Ramsgate instead. (edit)

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Killer With a Long Arm
"Revealing"
Early episode from a show still finding it's feet
Continue » Posted Oct 20, 2006 4:04 pm PST
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