Secret Agent (aka Danger Man) - The Complete Collection Megaset 2007
by Ralph Smart, Robert Day, Peter Maxwell, Charles Crichton, Jeremy Summers
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Actor: Patrick McGoohan, Peter MaddenDirector: Charles Crichton, Jeremy Summers, Peter Maxwell, Ralph Smart, Robert Day
Brand: A&E
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Published), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Black & White, Box set, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 3420 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-02-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
DVD Reviews of Secret Agent (aka Danger Man) - The Complete Collection Megaset 2007
DVD Review: Bring this DVD set back to Amazon
Summary: 5 Stars
The complete set through Amazon is such a great deal. Love the series. Quality packaging with thinner DVD sleeves keeps DVDs safe and clean. Total package doesn't have a large footprint. Attention Amazon: Bring the set back!DVD Review: Drake. John Drake.
Summary: 5 Stars
This show has become one of my all-time favorites, especially the half-hour early episodes. Enjoy!DVD Review: Buyer Beware: A Surprise That May Lead To Disappointment
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased this set exactly a year ago and I just discovered I am missing the disk to Volume 11. I am fortunate to order a replacement through Amazon. When you get this wonderful set immediately count the disks not just the cases. DVD Review: The antithesis of James Bond
Summary: 5 Stars
Reviewers here rightly comment on how refreshing it is to see a spy with a sense of morality. John Drake lives by a strict moral code. He is not a womanizer, and does not like violence. This echoes the life of McGoohan himself, who does not like filming love scenes because he doesn't want to kiss women other than his wife, and who is also very devoutly religious. When he was young he even for a time considered becoming a priest.
Other reviewers here comment on the "rumor" that McGoohan supposedly turned down the role of James Bond to play John Drake. McGoohan was asked to play James Bond before Sean Connery was. The real reason, reportedly, why he turned down the role (which also applies to the above) is that he thought the character was disgusting. In 1995 McGoohan said that this story, now itself stuff of legend practically, is not true. He said that the real reason he turned down the role is that the script for Dr. No was not any good and there was someone on the crew that he did not want to work with. McGoohan may simply be downplaying the story though, as some say he has actually turned down the role of James Bond several times. He also turned down the role of Simon Templar--he says because he didn't like the car that was to be used in the show, while others say it was because he objected to all of the kissing the character was required to do. He did, after all, make writers remove all love scenes from Danger Man. Incidentally, McGoohan was also the first pick for the roles of Gandolf in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, but had to turn both down for health reasons. (He supposedly has very bad health--three years before he appeared in Braveheart the poor guy was in a coma for a year.)
Many have debated whether John Drake is No. 6 in The Prisoner. It may interest fans to know that McGoohan tired of making Danger Man (Secret Agent), due mainly to his not having enough say in how the show should be. He wanted the fights to be more realistic (he was a boxer in real life, after all), etc. He was trapped by a contract that he felt he was a "prisoner" to, and greatly resented it. Just as No. 6 quits his job as a spy, McGoohan wanted to quit his job playing one. One day, at a party, a conversation got started (I believe between McGoohan and a real retired spy) about what happens to spies when they retire from their jobs. This got McGoohan thinking about people who "know too much." Are they allowed to just quit? And so The Prisoner was born. As to the above question, George Markstein, The Prisoner's script editor, has said yes, John Drake is No. 6, whereas McGoohan himself has said no, he is not. To McGoohan, EVERYONE is No. 6. Everyone is a prisoner to a part of their mind and to the society in which they live.
DVD Review: Wow, This Is A Good Deal!
Summary: 5 Stars
Finally the prices are coming down! I bought both sets already for twice this price and not in one box, this is a nice set to give a spy show buff (like your husband who likes this stuff!). I'm not dissapointed that I didn't wait because I got some much needed entertainment earlier but I do recommend this set if you have not bought it yet. The 30 minute shows are really crammed but great for McGoohan buffs like me still, the 60 minute shows have some awesome episodes that I'm still slowly discovering, its a great treat!
Description of Secret Agent (aka Danger Man) - The Complete Collection Megaset 2007
Now, all 86 episodes from John Drake's entire crime-solving career are available together on DVD. Each episode of this exciting spy thriller is presented in the original broadcast order, from the original season that aired only in the U.K. as Danger Man to the 47 episodes of Secret Agent that were seen internationally, including the two color episodes that provided a vivid finale to the long-running suspense thriller.General DVDs
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