- Actors: Patrick McGoohan, Peter Madden, Earl Cameron, Zia Mohyeddin, John Cazabon
- Format: NTSC
- Language: English
- Number of tapes: 3
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- Studio: Sma Distribution
- VHS Release Date: Jun 1 2002
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005NKCR
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#12,953 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
- #49 in Video > Classics > Boxed Sets
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Danger Man first aired in 1960 as a half-hour spy program on British television. Phenomenally popular, it returned in England in 1964 as an hour-long series that CBS imported in 1965 for prime-time programming. Taking heed of the James Bond craze and the ratings success of The Man From U.N.C.L.E., the show was renamed Secret Agent.
This collection contains six vintage "Danger Man" episodes. Patrick McGoohan stars as John Drake, who is dispatched around the globe to quell cold war intrigue. Danger Man was a gritty spy series, relying more on realistic stories of espionage than on the gadgets and beautiful women popularized by 007. The episode "Yesterday's Enemies" is particularly brutal and cynical, as an increasingly conflicted Drake travels to Beirut to uncover a traitorous former British spy's network of double agents. In "Fair Exchange," Drake races to stop a relentless fellow agent from killing the East German secret policeman who tortured her. In "No Marks for Servility," the often undisciplined Drake must pose as "the perfect English butler" to a ruthless blackmailer and extortionist. Also included in this collection are "The Battle of the Cameras," "A Room in the Basement," and "Fish on the Hook." --Donald Liebenson
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Before there was The Prisoner, there was Secret Agent. American audiences welcomed handsome secret agent John Drake (Patrick McGoohan) into their homes when CBS ran the unique spy series known as Secret Agent (originally titled Danger Man in the U.K.) in 1965. The show was the epitome of cool, with its now famous theme song ("Secret Agent Man," sung by the indomitable Johnny Rivers) reaching No. 3 on the Pop Charts. Enjoy the first 6 hour-long episodes as broadcast in the U.S. of this exciting international spy thriller, digitally restored and uncut.
Episodes: The Battle of the Cameras, A Room in the Basement, Fair Exchange, Fish on the Hook, No Marks for Servility, Yesterday's Enemies.
Episodes: The Battle of the Cameras, A Room in the Basement, Fair Exchange, Fish on the Hook, No Marks for Servility, Yesterday's Enemies.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Best of Cult TV,
By A Customer
This review is from: Secret Agent AKA Danger Man: Set 1 (DVD)
A child during the era of british cult tv, I was a serious addict. As an adult, most of those shows now seem simply corny. Danger Man/Secret Agent is an exception...it's as good as I remember with nicely choreographed action and fight scenes, lots of attention to detail, intelligent acting, editing and directing, artful background music, and of course McGoohan's unique charisma and wit. No one else ever brought a secret agent character to life as well as McGoohan does in this series. I'm keeping fingers crossed that A&E and Carlton will release the remaining episodes!
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must for Prisoner fans,
By A Customer
This review is from: Secret Agent AKA Danger Man: Set 1 (DVD)
Several folks below have complained about the uneven quality of the episodes--and they're right. McGoohan himself has admitted that some are better than others. But when it's good, boy does it put other shows of the same ilk to shame. And even when it's not terribly good, it's always stylish, with a charmingly retro, nostalgic feel.And if you really, truly want to know why Number Six resigned, watch "Yesterday's Enemies," contained in Set 1.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A wish fulfilled,
By zakir khan (Karachi, PAKISTAN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Secret Agent Dangerman #1 (VHS Tape)
... I'm the proud owner of set1 of this video which keepsme glued to the telly whenever the video is played.The theme music is thrilling and sets the pace for a fast paced episode. Patrick Mcgoohan aptly fits into the title role.I could only wish that the full 48 episodes are published and the danger man fans have a larger collection to play over and over rather than risking damage to their cherished single set.
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