All That Glisters :Part 1

Director: Cyril Frankel

Original broadcast date: December 8th, 1971.
Screenplay: Philip Broadley.

A valuable, but stolen, Cellini statuette falls into the hands of millionaire playboy, Phillipe de Brion, but hot on his trail is adventurer John Mallen, who engages the help of his old friend Jason King to help his investigation.

Cast:
PETER WYNGARDE Jason King
LEE PATTERSON Frankie Luca
CLINTON GREYN John Mallen
ANTON ROGERS Phil de Brion

JOANNA DUNHAM Martine
MADELINE SMITH Jonquil
LESLIE FRENCH Deshfield
MICHAEL GWYNN Vaturin

PAUL HUMPOLETZ Weil
TONY VOGEL Enzio
MICHAEL PETROVITCH Emilio
WILLIAM KEARNS Strobel

JOHN RUMNEY Rizk
ME ME LAY Xanthe

Original ITC Synopsis (contains spoilers)

A rare and valuable golden Cellini is stolen - and the debonair Jason King find his love life interrupted seven thousand miles away.

The golden Cellini antique salt cellar that was apparently lost in a fire in Italy in 1623 has come to light. It is in the collection of a wealthy Californian, Deshfield (LESLIE FRENCH), hidden away in a secret room in his house on the coast.

That is, until Frankie Luca (LEE PATTERSON) comes on the scene.

Then the Cellini is stolen and rushed across the Atlantic, seven thousand miles to Paris where there is a prospective customer willing to pay a cool half million dollars to get it. The buyer is Phillipe de Brion (ANTON RODGERS). who first discovered the Cellini and was tricked by Deshfield into believing it valueless.

John Mallen (CLINTON GREYN), a handsome adventurer with a remarkable record of success in retrieving stolen goods, is called in by Deshfield to get the Cellini back, and promptly flies to Paris on its trail. Deshfield's mistress, Martine (JOANNA DUNHAM) follows, ostensibly to keep and eye on Mallen, but in reality to join up with Frankie as she is his partner in the theft.

In Paris, Mallen contacts his old friend Jason King (PETER WYNGARDE) the debonair writer who is taking time off from fiction to spend a few pleasant days with the delectable Jonquil (MADELINE SMITH). Mallen asks King to provide an introduction to de Brion. King senses a new plot for his Mark Caine' novels, and agrees to the introduction at a high-staked game of poker.

When Mallen is shot at and nearly killed by a mysterious sniper, King is intrigued, and for the moment forgets his interlude with Jonquil. De Brion has, meanwhile, been contacted by Frankie, who offers to provide proof that he has the genuine Cellini.  

Next day, Mallen follows de Brion to the meeting and picks up the trail of Frankie Luca. He breaks into Frankie's hotel room and searches for the missing Cellini.

Despite a well-rigged booby trap set up by Frankie to protect his 'investment', Mallen finds the Cellini and takes it from the room. Back at King's apartment he telephones the airline and books a one-way ticket back to California but as he fixes details, King examines the antique.  

All that glistens in not gold. The Cellini is a fake.....

All That Glistens : Part 2