Hindi The Curious Case Of The Countless Clues

Hindi The Curious Case Of The Countless Clues

With Miss King out of action nursing a broken ankle Steed goes it alone when Scotland Yard colleague Sir Arthur Doyle brings him in on a murder enquiry, with an abundance of clues, each one pointing to an illustrious suspect. In fact bogus cops Earle and Gardiner are operating a racket whereby they deliberately incriminate worthies as murder suspects and then blackmail them. Their latest target is Steed and his supposed victim is Miss King.
"The Curious Case of the Countless Clues" marked the return of Brian Clemens to the producer's chair, featuring another simple storyline just as in its three predecessors, but better directed by Don Sharp. We begin in sterling fashion, as Earle (Anthony Bate, "Tunnel of Fear") and Gardiner (Kenneth Cope, "The Bird Who Knew Too Much") go over each separate clue in detailing the present murder scene, prior to performing the killing themselves! Scotland Yard's Sir Arthur Doyle (Peter Jones, "The Thirteenth Hole"), dressed like Sherlock Holmes, calls upon Steed to investigate because the person implicated is a close friend, Sir William Henry Benedict Burgess (George A. Cooper, "The White Dwarf"), who behaves suspiciously when questioned. A brief moment of jealous concern crosses Tara's face when Steed's attractive old flame (Tracy Reed, Oliver's cousin) barges in to tell him that her wealthy executive brother, Robert Flanders (Edward de Souza, "Six Hands Across a Table"), has now been targeted for blackmail by Earle, who holds on to the incriminating murder weapons until the priceless art treasures that he covets have become his own. The two villains decide to frame Steed in similar fashion by killing Miss Tara King, who spends the entire episode in her apartment, confined to a wheelchair due to an ankle sprain. Once forewarned, Tara's intelligence is called into question by her failure to lock the back door before crawling agonizingly up the stairs to make certain they can't get in her front door, but she manages to redeem herself in a frantic finish. Lacking in genuine wit, yet definitely a step in the right direction.
One of the first Tara King episodes of The Avengers, The Curious case of the Countless Clues was made during a tempestuous time in the series&#39; history and might never have seen the light of day, or been butchered within an inch of its life (as was the fate of The Great Great Britain Crime, which became Homicide and Old Lace).<br/><br/>As it is, its one of my favourite Tara episodes. True its not particularly witty or bizarre - its a straight forward thriller. But a great cast, a neat central idea and a perfectly suspenseful ending combine to make a top notch episode. Watch out for villains Earle and Gardiner (a pun on Perry Mason creator, Erle Stanley Gardiner), two of the creepiest and best played baddies Tara comes up against.

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