Unsold television pilot - "Counterspy" (1958)
1958 · Television · 26 min
Synopsis
An unsold television pilot called "Counterspy''.
Uploader's description on archive.org
Details
- Running time
- 26 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- 1950s Classic TV, Classic TV
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Unsold television pilot
- Unsold pilot
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Commander Crabb RNVR??? · ivedoneitagain · 2020-04-17
This story may be based on the real life 1956 events in Portsmouth Harbour England. In fact the opening footage is of Portsmouth (southsea) beach and not Brighton as the credit says. Then there are the location scenes which were filmed in Portsmouth Harbour, the home of the (British) Royal Navy. The TV story kind of circles the real events involving Commander Crabb, even the opening credits show a dead frogman washed up on the beach, as believed Commander Crabb was. It is alleged that he was recruited by an American CIA agent to spy on the Russian warships visiting Portsmouth Harbour (like…
★★★ · lighten up! · dahszil · 2014-05-03
Your negative review is petty and trivial. be happy for what we still have from the past. It's still a bit of history and unlike many tv shows from the past there was much more location filming. And that sports car speeding down the roads was pretty good.