The Wonderful World of Disney/The Secret of Boyne Castle (1)

The Secret of Boyne Castle (1)
Season 15, Episode 17
Airdate	February 9, 1969
Written by	Herman Groves Based on the novel Guns in the Heather by Lockhart Amerman
Directed by	Robert Butler
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The Wonderful World of Disney — Season Fifteen

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The Secret of Boyne Castle (1) is the seventeenth episode of the fifteenth season of The Wonderful World of Disney, and the three hundred seventy-ninth episode overall.

Cast: Kurt Russell (Rich Evans), Patrick Dawson (Sean O'Connor)

Plot Overview

The story opens with an automobile chase scene of a mortally wounded Irish underworld figure being chased by the spies. The chase ends at an upper class school where the spies will not of course follow the man they wounded onto the school grounds. The wounded man is looking for an American student at the school by the name of Rich Evans. With his dying breath, he tells Evans to look in, "...my room at Boyne Castle." Rich with his friend Sean O'Connor set off for Boyne Castle but on the way are kidnapped by the spies. They seem to feel that Evans knows something that his older brother Tom - who unbeknown st to Rich Evans is a secret agent - knows. The indignant younger Evans replies, "...Tom's a sales representative for steel company." Evans and O'Connor manage to escape from the "bad guys." But can they make good their escape and make it to Boyne Castle with these underworld figures chasing them?

Credits

• Producer: Ron Miller
• Associate Producer: Hugh Attwoll
• Director of Photography: Michael Reed
• Additional Photography: Ray Sturgess
• Art Director: Albert Witherick
• Film Editor: Peter Boita
• Music: Buddy Baker
• Orchestration by Walter Sheets
• "Wonderful World of Color" Theme

Music & Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

• Costume Designer: Beatrice Dawson
• Make-Up: Harry Frampton
• Hair Stylist: Eileen Warwick
• Sound Recordists: David Price, Ken Barker
• Assistant Director: Barrie Melrose
• Production Manager: Peter Crowhurst
• Location Manager: Robert Douet
• Camera Operator: Alec Mills
• Continuity: Tilly Day
• Casting: Maude Spector
• Sound Editor: Christopher Lancaster
• Program Co-ordinator: Jack Bruner

Notes

• When this 3-part episode reran on January 7, 1978, it aired in a 2-hour format under the title Spy-Busters.
• This 3-part episode was released theatrically overseas in 1969 under the working title Guns in the Heather.
• This 3-part episode was filmed in Ireland and at Pinewood Studios in London.

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