The Pieces of Fate Affair is the twenty-third episode of the Third Season of 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' and stars Robert Vaughn as chief enforcement agent Napoleon Solo and David McCallum as his partner, agent Illya Kuryakin.
Synopsis[]
Jacqueline Midcult writes a best selling novel, The Pieces of Fate, which U.N.C.L.E. recognizes as based on a series of missing THRUSH diaries.[1]
Trivia[]
- Previous titles for the episode were 'The Missing Diaries Affair' and 'The Novel Affair.'[2]
- This episode wasn't shown again in the U.S. until 1985, due to Ellison naming a literary critic after real-life science fiction writer Judith Merril, which resulted in legal action being taken, not by Merril herself (a friend of Ellison) but by her daughter.[1]
Cast[]
- Robert Vaughn as Napoleon Solo
- David McCallum as Illya Kuryakin
- Leo G. Carroll as Alexander Waverly
- Sharon Farrell as Jacqueline Midcult
- Grayson Hall as Jody Moore
- Theo Marcuse as Ellipsis Zark
- Richard Collier as Buck
- Charles Seel as Uncle Charlie
- Doodles Weaver as Stationmaster
- Opal Euard as Aunt Jessie
- Jack Perkins as Thrush Thug
- Bill Leyden as Announcer
- Buddy Lewis as Thrush Agent
- Sharyn Hillyer as Wanda
- Ralph Montgomery as Old Man
- Lorence Kerr as Man at Party
- Ann Staunton as Woman at Party
- John Garwood as Thrush Agent
- Tom Duggan as Joe White
Crew[]
- Director: John Brahm
- Teleplay and story writer: Harlan Ellison
- Story writer: Yale Udoff
- Producer: Boris Ingster
- Executive producer: Norman Felton
- Series developer: Sam Rolfe
- Supervising producer: David Victor
- Associate producer: Irv Pearlberg
- Music score: Nelson Riddle
- Music score: Gerald Fried
- U.N.C.L.E. Theme: Jerry Goldsmith
- Director of photography: Fred Koenekamp
- Art director: George W. Davis
- Art director: James Sullivan
- Supervising film editor: John Dunning, A.C.E.
- Film editor: Ray Williford
- Set decoration: Henry Grace
- Set decoration: Keogh Gleason
- Assistant director: Bill Finnegan
- Assistant to producer: Norman Siegel
- Story consultant: Milton S. Gelman
- Music supervisor: Frank E. Anderson
- Recording supervisor: Franklin Milton
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wikipedia, 'List of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. episodes': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Man_from_U.N.C.L.E._episodes
- ↑ The Fans from U.N.C.L.E., 'Episode Guide: Season Three:' https://www.manfromuncle.org/episode3.htm