The Sentimental Agent
Spinning off from an episode of Man of the World this quirky and humorous thriller stars Carlos Thompson as Varella an import-export agent.
Carlos Varella – actor Carlos Thompson – is an import-export agent with a finger in every pie. Charming, elegant, sophisticated and widely travelled, he’s the sort of man that people come to for help. With the aid of his secretary Suzy Carter, manservant Chin (the legendary Burt Kwouk) and fellow Mercury International employee Bill Randall, Carlos’s devil-maycare attitude and infectious sense of humour see him through the stickiest of situations!
Spinning off from an episode of Man of the World – also available on DVD from Network DVD – this quirky and humorous thriller has scripts from writers Brian Clemens (The Avengers, Thriller), Tudor Gates (The Sweeney) and Julian Bond (Tales of the Unexpected).
1963 ATV publicity states: “Carlos Thompson, Argentinian-born, has been described as a Latin heart-throb. Although born in the heat of South America, he has made his home for a number of years in the cool of Switzerland, where he lives with his film star wife Lilli Palmer. In Sentimental Agent he is shown as owning and running an import-export business called Mercury International”.
Special Features
Burt Kwouk: “With This Face” – brand new interview with the legendary actor features on disc three, across all four discs there are episodic stills in picture galleries and promotional ITC materials.