Appointment in Sahara

Chief: "[KAOS is threatening] to wipe out the city containing our finest intellectual minds and greatest leaders."
Max: "Well, at least Washington is safe."

Appointment in Sahara
Original Air Date	March 25, 1967
Writers	C. F. L'Amoreaux and Arne Sultan
Director	Don Adams
Season	Two
Episode Number	56
Villain	Ahmad
Previous Episode	How to Succeed in the Spy Business Without Really Trying
Next Episode	Pussycats Galore

Get Smart Episode #56, Season Two #26.

Plot

Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 search the Sahara Desert for a hidden missile base after KAOS threatens to destroy an important American city.

Synopsis

Characters

CONTROL

• Maxwell Smart - Don Adams
• Agent 99 - Barbara Feldon
• The Chief - Edward Platt
• Carlson - Stacy Keach
• Larabee - Robert Karvelas (uncredited)
• Collins (uncredited)

KAOS

• Ahmad - Peter Mamakos
• Jamal - Victor Tayback

Others

• Fatima - Myrna Ross
• Forsythe - Phillip Baird
• Hussein - Michael Corhan

Weapons and Gadgets

• Salted Buttons
• Button Geiger Counter

Locations

• Sahara Desert

Trivia

• This was the first episode directed by Don Adams.
• When the Chief says a pair of agents in perfect synch are needed for the mission, Max nominates Huntley and Brinkley. Chet Huntley and David Brinkley had been the hosts of an evening news program running since 1956 (ending in 1970).

Reality Check

• The title refers to the 1934 novel Appointment in Samarraby John O'Hara.
• The episode also bears a passing resemblance to Sahara, a 1943 film starring Humphrey Bogart as a World War II tank commander who leads his men on a trek across the desert to rejoin their outfit. As well as the obligatory sandstorm, there are scenes of men drinking from canteens with water streaming down their chins (some of it getting in their mouths), diving for cover from sudden sniper fire, and, most intriguingly, a search for the entrance to an underground well, very similar to when Max is trying to find the missile control room after the tents have been moved. Get Smart guest stars J. Carrol Naish and Patrick O'Moore also appear.