Product Details

• Released on: 2003-12-02
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: NTSC, Import
• Original language: English
• Running time: 60 minutes

From Amazon.com
Between heroic spells as the Saint and James Bond, Roger Moore was teamed with Tony Curtis in The Persuaders, a derivative but fun series about a couple of millionaire dilettante adventurers who swan around the world competing for the attention of beautiful women and getting involved in perplexing mysteries. Moore is Lord Brett Sinclair, an upper crust Brit of impeccable breeding, while Curtis is Danny Wilde, an up-from-the-streets self-made man whose trademark is a pair of brown gloves. The allegedly tasteful Brett and the crasser Danny both model a succession of garish early-'70s fashions while their pursuits of duplicitous women usually wind up with the women getting away and the heroes stuck with each other. Set 1 includes the first 13 episodes, running about 52 minutes each. --Kim Newman

On the DVD
Commentary with Roger Moore, producer Robert S. Baker, and executive in charge of production Johnny Goodman on the Pilot episode "Overture"
Roger Moore and Tony Curtis biographies
Photo gallery
Interactive menus
Scene selection

DVD Menu

• Side #1 -- Vol. 1
  • Overture
  • The Gold Napoleon
  • Take Seven
  • Audio Commentary
    • Audio Commentary: Hear Actor Sir Roger Moore, Creator & Producer Robert S. Baker, and Executive in Charge of Production Johnny Goodman Share Their Thoughts on Overture, the Pilot Episode of The Persuaders! Commentary: On
    • Audio Commentary: Hear Actor Sir Roger Moore, Creator & Producer Robert S. Baker, and Executive in Charge of Production Johnny Goodman Share Their Thoughts on Overture, the Pilot Episode of The Persuaders! Commentary: Off
• Side #2 -- Vol. 2
  • Greensleeves
  • Powerswitch
  • The Time and the Place
  • Audio Commentary
    • Audio Commentary: Hear Actor Sir Roger Moore, Creator & Producer Robert S. Baker, and Executive in Charge of Production Johnny Goodman Share Their Thoughts on The Time and the Place, Commentary: On
    • Audio Commentary: Hear Actor Sir Roger Moore, Creator & Producer Robert S. Baker, and Executive in Charge of Production Johnny Goodman Share Their Thoughts on The Time and the Place, Commentary: Off
• Side #3 -- Vol. 3
  • Someone Like Me
  • Anyone Can Play
  • The Old, The New and the Deadly
  • Angie...Angie
• Side #4 -- Vol. 4
  • Chain of Events
  • That's Me Over There
  • The Long Goodbye
  • Bonus Features
    • Episode Photo Gallery
      • Start
    • Aston Martin Photo Gallery
      • Start
    • Sir Roger Moore's Biography
    • Tony Curtis' Biography

Customer Reviews

Another botched A&E audio transfer
This series is very entertaining but is marred by an out of sync audio transfer. Once again A&E has released a DVD title without doing any kind of quality control check before going to market. Too bad. I quite enjoyed the show, but the out of sync audio will relegate this title to the rental only queue.

Chance purchase yields great entertainment!
I bought this series based on the two listed stars. I had never seen any of the episodes and was completely unaware that it ever existed. Now having been brought up during the Golden Age of Television Detectives (Columbo, Kojack, Streets of San Francisco, Banacek, etc.) I would have expected a rip-off of some sort. To my delight, this exceeded my expectations by miles! Roger Moore and Tony Curtis are great together. They are somewhat hammy but this series has a charm that can't be explained that make all of it fun. It is not cheap! They have on location adventures in some of the most fascinating places in Europe. It is a colorful work of art. A true 70's "Austin Powers" atmosphere and seems to be a cross between that and 'The Avengers' without the English eccentrics bent on taking over the world. There is occasional camp, but it is funny! Roger Moore wore his own line of clothes in this series and now I know where he got the idea of the Safari jacket. Tony Curtis is an American in exile (as an Actor) and filled in his time while in England with Moore in this series and he is older but still has that "Great Leslie" personality (from 'The Great Race") to carry him through awkward moments. The story writers do a good job here and the character of "the Judge" is our old friend "Argus" , the builder of the ship Argo from "Jason and the Argonauts". There is a lot of Psychedelic lunacy included and plots revolving around interesting things. This is well worth your time and attention and I look forward to the next DVD set! It was only on for one season but you have a full 26 episodes in Volumes I & II together.

curtis+moore - the persuaders!
this was a favorite of mine as a (mature) 12 year old back in '71,and is the 1st tv series dvd box set i have purchased.the investment was well worth it.the color and picture quality of the dvd discs is incredible.a must for any fan of the show,genre,curtis and/ or moore.i'm hoping they can get curtis to do some extras on set 2.