Aboard the Orient Express

Max: "[The courier's death was] suicide, Chief."
99: "But, Max, he was gassed."
Max: "I don't know anything about his drinking habits, 99."

Aboard the Orient Express
Original Air Date	December 11, 1965
Writers	Robert C. Dennis and Earl Barret
Director	Frank MacDonald
Season	One
Episode Number	13
Previous Episode	My Nephew the Spy
Next Episode	Weekend Vampire

Get Smart Episode #13, Season One.

Plot

Max is assigned to transport an overdue payroll for agents working behind the Iron Curtain - a mission which has already cost four agents their lives.

Synopsis

Characters

CONTROL

• Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) - Don Adams
• Agent 99 - Barbara Feldon
• The Chief - Edward Platt
• Agent 44 - Victor French
• Dr. Minelli (Scientist) - Del Close
• The Courier (Agent 85) - Jack Donner
• Agent 82, deceased (mentioned)
• Agent 83, deceased (mentioned)
• Agent 84, deceased (mentioned)
• Agent B-12 (mentioned)

KAOS

• Demetrios - Theo Marcuse
• George Robinson (mentioned)

Others

• Ernst (British Spy) - Bill Glover
• Cyril (His dog, also known as Krochanska) (uncredited)
• Countess Rifchevsky - Carol Ohmart
• The Porter - Maurice Marsac
• Special Guest Conductor - Johnny Carson

Weapons and Gadgets

• Destruct Pellet
• Security Briefcase
• Strato-shoes
• Hat Gas Masks

Locations

• Liechtenstein

Trivia

• An editing error shows Max picking up a handful of chess pieces from Dr. Minelli's board, and then setting them down twice.

Reality Check

• The title recalls Agatha Christie's 1934 novel Murder on the Orient Express which has been filmed several times. Also, the 1934 film Orient Express based on Graham Greene's 1932 novel Stamboul Train.