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The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
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Genre Spy fiction
Action
Created by Sam Rolfe
Norman Felton
Developed by Sam Rolfe
Starring Robert Vaughn
David McCallum
Leo G. Carroll
Theme music composer Jerry Goldsmith
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 105 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Norman Felton
Camera setup Single-camera
Action
Running time 50 min.
Production company(s) Arena Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television
Distributor MGM Television
Release
Original network NBC
Picture format Black-and-white (1964–1965)
Color
(1965–1968) 4:3
Audio format Monaural
Original release September 22, 1964 (1964-09-22) – January 15, 1968 (1968-01-15)
Chronology
Related shows The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy fiction television series broadcast on NBC. It follows secret agents, played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, who work for a secret international counter-espionage and law enforcement agency called U.N.C.L.E. Originally, co-creator Sam Rolfe wanted to leave the meaning of U.N.C.L.E. ambiguous so it could refer to either "Uncle Sam" or the United Nations. Concerns by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) legal department about using "U.N." for commercial purposes resulted in the producers' clarification that U.N.C.L.E. was an acronym for the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement. Each episode had an "acknowledgement" to the U.N.C.L.E. in the end titles.

The series premiered on September 22, 1964 and discontinued its run on January 15, 1968.

The series consisted of 105 episodes originally screened between 1964 and 1968. It was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Arena productions. The first season was produced in black-and-white.

Ian Fleming contributed to the concepts after being approached by the show's co-creator, Norman Felton. The book The James Bond Films says Fleming proposed two characters, Napoleon Solo and April Dancer (The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.). The original name was Ian Fleming's Solo.Robert Towne, Sherman Yellen, and Harlan Ellison wrote scripts for the series. Author Michael Avallone, who wrote the first original novelisation based upon the series (see below), is sometimes incorrectly cited as the show's creator.


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