Danger Man - Vol. 4 - Conspirator / Honeymooners / Gallow Tree And Six More Episodes

Starring: Derren Nesbitt, Patrick Mcgoohan Original UK Premiere: 1960 Dvd Release: 16th July, 2001 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Danger Man was a British television show that ran for four seasons from 1960 to 1966. It starred Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. The series was created by Ralph Smart. The first seasons episodes were 30 minutes in length & portrayed Drake as an Irish-American secret agent, possibly working for a secret arm of NATO, who often argued with his superiors about the ethics of his missions. The series was a major success in Europe, but was unsuccessful in syndication in the United States, so when American financing for a second season fell through, the show was cancelled. After a hiatus & in the wake of the popularity of the James Bond movies in the interim, Danger Man s creator, Ralph Smart, rethought the concept & with the second season, the episodes ran a full hour & had a new theme tune, entitled High Wire. Drake had mysteriously lost his American accent & was no longer in conflict with his bosses.

Several episodes from the TV spy series from the 1960s, Danger Man was definitely a cut above other TV series at the time & even today scores above many TV series. The production is superb & the acting is spot on.

Being from the 1960s, it is in black & white, however the mastering & transferring to DVD is perfect, the fact that it is in back & white does not distract from the episodes. Patrick McGoohan went on to star in The Prisoner. Well recommended.

Derren Nesbitt is an English actor who was in demand in the 1960s & 1970s for roles that combined the muscular & the debonaire. His real name is Derren Horwitz. Born in London, the son of South African comedian Harry Nesbitt, he was best known for his role as Inspector Jordan in the TV series Special Branch. He also played the warlord Tegana in the Doctor Who serial Marco Polo. His career was damaged in 1973 when he was convicted of assault causing actual bodily harm on his wife, Anne Aubrey. He thrashed her on the bare buttocks with a leather strap after she told him that she was having an affair with another man. She divorced him shortly afterwards.

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Patrick McGoohan is an American -born Irish actor who starred in the 1960s television series Danger Man & cult classic The Prisoner. He has also appeared in a number of films, including Hell Drivers, Scanners, Ice Station Zebra, Escape from Alcatraz, Silver Streak, Braveheart & A Time to Kill. Born March 19, 1928, the same date as the infamous, nameless character he created & portrayed in The Prisoner, Patrick McGoohan seemed destined for something special, but not what his parents expected of him. His mother had promised God if her first child was a boy, he would grow up to be a priest & Patrick spent the first 15 years of his life working toward that goal. At school, he excelled in mathematics & boxing & later worked as a chicken farmer, a bank clerk & a lorry driver before getting a job as a stage manager at Sheffield Repertory. When one of the actors became ill, Patrick took to the boards & never looked back. It was there he immediately fell for a tanned & vivacious actress named Joan Drummond, the woman he reportedly writes love notes to every day. Posters Of The Prisoner

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