Peter WyngardeJason King
Series1971–1972NR
Jason King
Jason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world searching for material to fill his books, encountering an endless parade of glamorous women, exotic locales, menacing villains and daring intrigue! Before Austin Powers swung into action, Jason King set the standard for the hip crime-fighting international playboy!
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Wanna Buy a Television Series?
In order to interest a television mogul in buying his stories for the small screen, novelist and adventurer Jason King describes to the man a typical plot involving his hero, Mark Caine. Caine meets a girl who has been given plastic surgery to resemble the deceased Michele who died in a fire. She is taken by two crooks to meet Bellini, a fence of Michele's acquaintance, supposedly suffering from amnesia, to find out where he has hidden his private stash of valuables. Caine is aware that the girl will be killed once she has served her purpose and steps in to rescue her.
A Page Before Dying
British Intelligence plan to copy the plot of Jason's book, 'A Page Before Dying', to smuggle Gorini, a man who has information for them, out of East Berlin hidden in a safe. The first part of the scheme involves Jason being smuggled into the East in the safe, but when he reaches the meeting place, he finds that he has been duped and used as a decoy, whilst Gorini has already been taken to safety through other means.
Buried in the Cold, Cold Ground
Jason needs to finish his latest book, so he decides to go into isolation in the south of France. When he picks up a pretty hitchhiker and a recently released prisoner, it becomes the start of yet another Jason King novel.
A Deadly Line in Digits
On a visit back to England, Jason finds himself with income tax problems. However, it turns out to be a way of blackmailing him into helping the police solve a series of robberies where the police computer seems to be illegally accessed.
Variations on a Theme
A close friend of Jason King, a double agent called Alan Keeble, was supposed to be dead. However, when Jason receives a letter telling him to come to Vienna to meet Alan, he just has to go.
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