The Baron
- Steve Forrest: John Mannering ( " The Baron " )
- Sue Lloyd: Cordelia Winfield
- Colin Gordon: John Alexander
- Paul Ferris: David Marlowe
The Baron is a produced 1965-1966 British crime series, based on the novel series by John Creasey. In the GDR, the series was established under the name of John Mannering.
Action
The American art dealer John Mannering, who is called because of his always correct and polite occurrence " The Baron " and operates antique shops in different countries, working for British intelligence hidden. Through his contact John Templeton Green, he is scheduled to cases involving valuable art goods. On the side Mannering initially be his assistant David Alexander, later his secretary Cordelia Winfield.
Background
The Baron was the first full color turned television series of the British production company ITC Entertainment, which produced among other things, Simon Templar, number 6 and The Two.
In the literature template John Mannering is a married Briton. In order to market the series in the United States better, but an American was cast in the lead role with Steve Forrest, also he was depicted as a bachelor. Also its called in the original criminal past as a jewel thief was omitted in the television series.
Synchronizations have been made in some scenes for broadcast in the United States. British terms were replaced with U.S., it was a gas, for example, petrol (gasoline) in the U.S. version. Although the series was popular in its home market, it was discontinued after the first season due to lack of resonance in the United States.
In Germany the first seven episodes were broadcast in black and white before the introduction of color television. The mid-1980s sent Sat.1 and RTL Television in each some episodes of the series. It was the last time aired in April 1992, ProSieben, but it was only two episodes shown.
Synchronization
DVD Release
The series was released in the UK, Australia and the U.S. on DVD. In Germany three together cut to feature length episodes on DVD are available: Adventure in Rome, The Corelli sword, as well as a longshot.