Episode
The Persuaders!: Five Miles to Midnight
Overview
Trying to open a travel business, Danny and Brett encounter a New York hoodlum who needs to be smuggled out of Italy after he killed an Italian gangster.
Details
- Series
- The Persuaders!
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 1972-01-07
- Runtime
- 49 min
Episode context
Five Miles to Midnight is Episode 17 in Season 1 of The Persuaders!. It aired on 1972-01-07. The runtime is 49 min.
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