Long before I saw all these original half-hour episodes on the cable network "Z Living," I saw many of the one-hour, 2d iterations of Danger Man, which here in the States was called "Secret Agent." In the late 1960s, a local Chicago station ran episodes of the latter at 1:30 in the morning: Shows engaging enough to keep me up the last hour of babysitting assignments.
But the half-hour shows, from 1960 to early 1962, are incredibly hip & timely. Many deal with the growing pains of African nations in the throes of independence. How timely?: Algeria did not gain full independence from France until 1962.
& The guest star actors are a veritable who's who of latter day big names: Donald Pleasance (Halloween), Charles Gray (Seven Percent Solution, Rocky Horror), & Robert "Quint" Shaw, William "Heywood Floyd" Sylvester. Women make repeat appearances: Lisa Gastoni, Zena Marshall.
Steely eyed Patrick McGoohan is a NATO operative & impersonates arms dealers, chefs, drunks. He is alternately overbearing & understated. The story lines are complex, & so are the characters.
But the half-hour shows, from 1960 to early 1962, are incredibly hip & timely. Many deal with the growing pains of African nations in the throes of independence. How timely?: Algeria did not gain full independence from France until 1962.
& The guest star actors are a veritable who's who of latter day big names: Donald Pleasance (Halloween), Charles Gray (Seven Percent Solution, Rocky Horror), & Robert "Quint" Shaw, William "Heywood Floyd" Sylvester. Women make repeat appearances: Lisa Gastoni, Zena Marshall.
Steely eyed Patrick McGoohan is a NATO operative & impersonates arms dealers, chefs, drunks. He is alternately overbearing & understated. The story lines are complex, & so are the characters.