Product Details

• Actors: Patrick McGoohan, Richard Wattis, Lionel Murton, Peter Madden
• Directors: Don Chaffey
• Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 18
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: September 28, 2010
• Run Time: 3420 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003JQZY8A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,458 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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SECRET AGENT AKA DANGER MAN: COMPLETE

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111 of 113 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ubiquitous Mr Drake., June 19, 2010

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Armchair Pundit "Armchair Pundit." (Durham City, England.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secret Agent AKA Danger Man: The Complete Collection (Slimline Packaging) (DVD)

One year before The Avengers started avenging, and two years before Bond started claiming his extravagant living expenses, there was Danger Man.
All the usual ITC hallmarks are here, good actors, beautiful actresses and fast paced storylines.
This is the most real interpretation of spying on TV before Callan, Drake has some fancy gadgets, but nothing in the unbelievable Bond league.
Plus, the added bonus of McGoohan's smouldering personality.

Series one introduction:- "Every government has its secret service branch. America, CIA; France, Deuxième Bureau; England, MI5. NATO also has its own. A messy job? Well that's when they usually call on me or someone like me.
Oh yes, my name is Drake, John Drake".

Watch "View From the Villa" and see Portmeirion being used for the first time.
(The 30 minute series.)

Watch "Colony 3" and see where McGoohan started to formulate the idea of The Prisoner.
(The 50 minute series.)

The last two episodes made "Koroshi" and "Shinda Shima" were filmed in colour.
Drakes contact in,"Koroshi" called Potter reappears in The Prisoners,"The Girl who was Death" episode.

I can't help noticing the US theme music "Secret Agent Man" has aged worse then Edwin Astley's UK instrumental theme.

My favourite episode is the atypical episode "The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove", most bizarre, and refreshingly different. I think it must have influenced the writers of the Prisoner episodes "A, B & C" and "Living in Harmony".
I am aware that this show is Danger Man and not The Prisoner, but it's hard not to notice the location's, actors and director (Don Chaffey) who would also be involved with The Prisoner.

All 39 of the thirty minute episodes are here along with all 47 of the fifty minute version.
Originally aired; 1960-62 (30 min eps.), 1964-66 (50 min eps.)

Life without this collection is just too full of danger....man!

50 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite TV Show, August 14, 2010

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JAK (north carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secret Agent AKA Danger Man: The Complete Collection (Slimline Packaging) (DVD)

If I had to choose my all time favorite show, it would be this, as well as its 30 minute predecessor. It is a perfectly realized spy show and the stories have not dated. McGoohan had tremendous screen charisma and intelligence, neither of which can be faked. He made a few movies and was exceptional in those as well, but true superstardom eluded him for reasons I could never understand. If you're thinking about buying this series, I could not give it a stronger recommendation. McGoohan followed this show with his more famous "The Prisoner" which I also give 5 stars to, but I think Secret Agent is even better. You'll love it and watch it many times over.

42 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Secret Agent (Man) They're Giving You a Number!, October 2, 2010

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Daniel J. Tucker "X-12" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Secret Agent AKA Danger Man: The Complete Collection (Slimline Packaging) (DVD)

Growing up I always liked to watch Secret Agent (Man). We always added the word "Man" to the title because of the song "Secret Agent Man" (they're giving you a number and taking away your name).
What I like about the program, after years of reflecting on it, but didn't realize as a child, was the moral outlook of John Drake. He differed from James Bond. He was bold, brave, and acted on the situation, but he had morals. You could see that he was not the amoral, uncaring secret agent. He struggled to do the right thing. Many times he uses brain over the gun. He was a good role model to follow. Many times when his superiors said the person was not the primary concern of the mission but national security was, John Drake differed and made the person involved the primary concern. Nor was he seduced by a beautiful woman. He was romantic, but always kept clear of sexual liasons. He proved you could be a dynamic, caring, and loyal person without ending up in bed with the enemy.
I never saw "Danger Man" as a child, that I can remember, so this collection with the "Danger Man" part of John Drakes life is great. It is like getting new episodes.

Patrick McGoohan probably was the only one who could portray John Drake, given his moral upbringing and his strict contract signing conditions for this series. In McGoohan eyes, John Drake had to be a very moral man. He turned down the role of James Bond and similar characters because of the moral issues. Here he shows the morality of John Drake. McGoohan shows this aspect in the opening of the sequel to "Secret Agent", "The Prisoner." The opening of "The Prisoner" shows a secret agent quiting because of the moral ramifications of the job. His bosses don't understand this aspect and try to find out why he defected. McGoohan wanted to be a moral role model in an amoral world of spying.

I would recommend this series for children because it portrays a definite right and a definite wrong in characters and moral situations.