An unnamed French casino is a corrupt casino located somewhere in France.
Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward visits the casino in The Duchess Assignment and spots a friend, the Duchess of Royston, who is playing roulette at another table. The Duchess tells her that she has lost everything except her precious Braquasso painting, "Portrait of a Gazelle". Two crooks, Chandler and Brophy, overhear their conversation. Lady Penelope realises that the table is fixed and causes a scene, but the crooked casino owner escapes with the Duchess's money.
Entrance close-up
The Owner's Office[]
From the office inside the casino, the owner can be informed of trouble by a flashing light, which in the episode gave him time to make his escape with money he has made by fixing the tables.
He narrowly gets away after Lady Penelope realizes that the tables are fixed. She sends Parker after him, and after a short gunfight, he makes his escape in a car.
The Owner at his desk
The office safe
Warning panel
Parker in the office doorway
The Casino's Roulette Tables[]
There are six roulette tables in the main room of the casino, and at least one of them is fixed which allows the croupier to determine the winning number, ensuring the players lose their money.
A casino roulette wheel
The fixing controls hidden on the side of the table
Parker with a handful of casino betting chips
Customers in the French Casino (Duchess' First Visit)[]
Lady Penelope's Table[]
Man with grey beard (1)
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Man in black suit (2)
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Lady Penelope (3)
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Parker (4)
Man in brown suit (5)
Croupier (6)
Croupier (7)
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Lady in blue dress (8)
Man standing with moustache (9)
Man with brown beard (10)
Man sitting on end of table (11)
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Other Appearances (Isn't That...?)[]
- 1. Man with grey beard: Ocean Pioneer II Captain from Danger At Ocean Deep.
- 2. Man in black suit is Hugo from Brink of Disaster
- 3. Lady Penelope.
- 4. Parker.
- 5. Man in brown suit: Captain Blacker from The Man From MI.5
- 6. Croupier: was also Maguire from Martian Invasion
- 7. Croupier: Simms (etc.)
- 8. Lady in blue dress: also played the Air Terrainean Hostess in this episode.
- 9. Man standing with moustache is Garfield from 30 Minutes After Noon.
- 10. Man with brown beard: Goldheimer from Martian Invasion
- 11.Man sitting on end of table: Billy Billoxi from Move - And You're Dead
The Duchess of Royston's Table[]
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Other Appearances (Isn't That...?)[]
- 12. Chandler
- 13. Lady in fur is Lil from Vault Of Death.
- 14. Brophy
- 15. Man in glasses is the Meeting Advisor from Operation Crash-Dive.
- 16. The Duchess of Royston
- 17. Croupier is Doolan from Brink of Disaster.
- 18. Croupier is Banino from The Cham-Cham.
Table at Back of Room[]
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Man with grey hair (19)
Man with back to camera (20)
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Man in brown suit (21)
Blonde lady in pink (22)
Croupier 5. (23)
Other Appearances (Isn't That...?)[]
- 19. Man with grey hair is a Fireball XL5 puppet (Professor Matic).
- 20. Man with back to camera: Carl from The Man From MI.5(?)
- 21. Man in brown suit is the Ocean Pioneer II No.2
- 22. Blonde lady in pink: Stingray puppet (Atlanta Shore "frowner", in a Supercar wig)
- 23. Croupier is another Fireball XL5 puppet (Wilbur Zero).
Table Next to Lady Penelope's[]
Man with face partly hidden (24)
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Man in glasses (25)
Man in dinner suit (26)
.png "Lady with brown hair(tda).png (130 KB)")
Lady with brown hair (27)
Other Appearances (Isn't That...?)[]
- 24. Man with face partly hidden: same as 2. (Hugo from Brink of Disaster)
- 25. Man in glasses: the Speed Merchant from The Impostors
- 26. Man in dinner suit is Straker from Give or Take a Million.
- 27. The lady with brown hair was also the Grand Hotel Receptionist in this episode.
Table behind Chandler and Brophy[]
Man with face partly hidden (28)
Man in black jacket (29)
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Man with grey hair (30)
Man in purple jacket (31)
Lady in lilac dress (32)
Croupier (33)
Man behind croupier (34)
Other Appearances (Isn't That...?)[]
- 28. Man with face partly hidden is Joe Carter from City of Fire.
- 29. Man in black jacket is Light-Fingered Fred from Vault Of Death.
- 30. Man with grey hair is Lambert from Vault Of Death.
- 31. Man in purple jacket is Commander Norman.
- 32. Lady in lilac dress: same as 8, 40 and 54. (Air Terrainean Hostess)
- 33. Croupier: Mr. Williams from Cry Wolf
- 34. Man behind croupier: Thompson Tower Controller from City of Fire
Table Behind the Duchess of Royston[]
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Man with black hair (35)
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Man in purple jacket (36)
Man with beard (37)
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Man with moustache (38)
Croupier (39)
Lady in purple dress (40)
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Man with back to camera (41)
Lady with back to camera (42)
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Croupier (43)
Other Appearances (Isn't That...?)[]
- 35. Man with black hair same as 33 and 66. (Mr. Williams from Cry Wolf.)
- 36. Man in purple jacket: same as 31 and 45. (Commander Norman from Trapped in the Sky)
- 37. Man with beard is the International Air Minister from Operation Crash-Dive.
- 38. Man with moustache is Lord Silton from Vault Of Death.
- 39. Croupier is Lovegrove from Vault Of Death.
- 40. Lady in purple dress: Same as 8, 32 and 54. (Air Terrainean Hostess)
- 41. Man with back to camera: Asher from Sun Probe
- 42. Lady with back to camera: same as 27 and 68. (Grand Hotel Receptionist)
- 43. Croupier is Patterson from Operation Crash-Dive.
Table to The Duchess's Left[]
This table was only partly seen.
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Man with grey hair (44)
Man in purple jacket (45)
Other Appearances (Isn't That...?)[]
- 44. Man with grey hair is General Lambert from The Impostors.
- 45. Man in purple jacket, back to camera: same as 31 and 36. (Commander Norman)
Table Outside[]
As the owner was making his getaway, people were seen sitting outside the casino.
Man with back to camera (46)
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Man in dark glasses (47)
.png "Lady in fur(outside).png (125 KB)")
Lady in fur (48)
Casino Owner (49)
Doorman (50)
Car driver (51)
Other Appearances (Isn't That...?)[]
- 46. Man with back to camera: Stingray puppet (Troy Tempest)
- 47. Man in dark glasses: ?
- 48. Lady in fur: same as 22. (Atlanta)
- 49. Casino Owner
- 50. Doorman: Same as 5. (Captain Blacker from The Man From MI.5)
- 51. 2nd Casino Croupier
The Duchess' 2nd Visit To The Casino[]
After a spell in hospital, the Duchess of Royston is soon back in the casino.
The Duchess of Royston's table - 2nd night[]
Man back to camera (52)
Lady in pink (53)
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Lady in lilac (54)
Man with grey hair (55)
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Man with yellow sash (56)
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Man with brown hair (57)
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Man with moustache (59)
Man sitting next to the duchess (60)
Croupier (61)
Croupier (62)
Other Appearances (Isn't That...?)[]
- 52. Man with back to camera: same as 34. (Thompson Tower Controller from City of Fire)
- 53. Lady in pink: [?]
- 54. Lady in lilac: Same as 8, 32 and 40. (Played the Air Terrainean Hostess in this episode.)
- 55. Man with grey hair: same as 38. (Lord Silton)
- 56. Man with yellow sash is Bill Craddock from the Day of Disaster.
- 57. Man with brown hair: same as 23 and 47. (Colonel Harris from the Sun Probe).
- 58. The Duchess of Royston
- 59. Man with moustache: same as 44. (General Lambert from The Impostors).
- 60. Man sitting next to the Duchess is Kenny Malone from Move - And You're Dead.
- 61. Croupier: Same as 7. (Simms)
- 62. Croupier: Same as 6. (Maguire)
Table in the Background - 2nd night[]
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Lady in fur (63)
Man in brown jacket (64)
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Man in purple jacket (65)
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Man with black hair (66)
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Man with grey hair (67)
.png "Lady in pink(tda).png (133 KB)")
Lady in pink (68)
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Man standing with grey hair (69)
.png "Man with brown hair(tda2).png (134 KB)")
Man with brown hair (70)
Other Appearances (Isn't That...?)[]
- 63. Lady in fur: same as 13. (Lil from Vault Of Death)
- 64. Man in brown jacket: same as 30. (Lambert from Vault Of Death)
- 65. Man in purple jacket: same as 28 and 46 (Joe Carter)
- 66. Man with black hair: same as 33 and 35. (Mr. Williams from Cry Wolf)
- 67. Man with grey hair: same as 29. (Light-Fingered Fred from Vault Of Death)
- 68. Lady in pink: same as 27 and 42. (Grand Hotel Receptionist)
- 69. Man standing with grey hair: same as 15. (Meeting Advisor from Operation Crash-Dive)
- 70. Man with brown hair: Same as 5. Captain Blacker from The Man From MI.5
Trivia[]
- The scenes shot in the French Casino are some of the biggest sets used throughout the series, in terms of number of cameo appearances.