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The Man From U.N.C.L.E. :: The Vulcan Affair (01x01)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: The Vulcan Affair
Episode #: 01x01
Production Number: 1059
Original Airdate: Tuesday September 22nd, 1964
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Episode Crew
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Sam Rolfe
 
Episode Summary
 

Premiere episode, later released as a TV and theatrical movie entitled To Trap A Spy.

The New York headquarters for The United Network Command for Law and Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) is compromised by a team of assassins from U.N.C.L.E.'s arch enemy, THRUSH, in an apparent preemptive stick before attempting to overthrow a new country's leadership.

The pilot and then later movie version would have re-named characters, added or deleted scenes and changes in the plot from this television episode.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Bill CorcoranplayedRonnie 
Eric Berry (1)playedAlfred Ghist 
Fritz WeaverplayedAndrew Vulcan 
Ivan Dixonplayedide 
Pat CrowleyplayedElaine May Donaldson 
Rupert CrosseplayedNobuk 
Victoria ShawplayedGracie Ladovan 
William Marshall (2)playedAshumen 
Uncredited
Richard Kielplayed 
 
Episode Notes
 
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was filmed in Hollywood, California, not New York City. The brown stone buildings of New York's East Side district were actually a studio back lot, with interiors all done in L.A.

On occasion, the show would use stock footage of world locations or custom shoot something in other parts of the country or world. But more than once, if a viewer is careful, the reflection of a palm tree or mountain can be seen in "New York" street windows.
 
 
Featured Songs
 
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
Jerry Goldsmith"Meet Mr. Solo" 
Jerry Goldsmith's"Invaders" theme 
 
Episode Goofs
 
A continuity flub is seen when Mr. Waverly hands Napoleon Solo a file. The wide shot shows the file transfer in a hallway vacant of all objects. But in the close-up, when the file is handed off, there's a telephone directly in the background when there was no phone or anything else in the hall.
 
At the end of the pilot episode, Robert Vaughn speaks directly to the camera, inviting viewers and advertisers to come back each week for more adventures.

In this short clip, Solo mistakenly informs the watcher that the U.N.C.L.E. headquarters is in New York's East Fifties, when in actuality, it's supposed to be the East Forties.

He also introduced actor Will Kuluva, who was to play his boss Mr. Allison. Kuluva would appear in the pilot only, turning over that role to Leo G. Carroll who would be featured as Mr. Waverly throught out the series.
 
 
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