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Quote:A lot of people belive MacGoohan is playing the same part in Danger Man/Secret Agent and The Prisoner
Oct 4 07 8:12 AM
BijouBob8mm wrote: Quote: A lot of people belive MacGoohan is playing the same part in Danger Man/Secret Agent and The Prisoner Which Patrick McGoohan denies. However, one of THE PRISONER paperbacks from back in the day does refer to #6 as "Drake," McGoohan's DANGER MAN/SECRET AGENT character.
Quote: A lot of people belive MacGoohan is playing the same part in Danger Man/Secret Agent and The Prisoner
According to some sources, the reason McGoohan has always denied the connection between the two shows publicly is because he does not own the rights to the John Drake character -- SECRET AGENT producer Ralph Smart does. So he had to be careful.
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According to some sources, the reason McGoohan has always denied the connection between the two shows publicly is because he does not own the rights to the John Drake character
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Oct 9 07 3:53 AM
Well, the star of this was Patrick McGoohan, who went on to fame in (and in fact, quit the Secret Agent series to do) "The Prisoner."
If you're not familiar with "The Prisoner," McGoohan is some sort of a secret agent who quits his job, gets gassed into unconsciousness and kidnapped shortly thereafter, and wakes up in a village where nobody has a name, just a number. He spends the entire series trying to escape, only to be thwarted by the village officials, and a mysterious balloon that chases him around and envelops him if he gets too far away. I have, and have watched, them all. It's one of the most unique series in TV history, IMO.
"Danger Man" was pretty much an English broadcasting show, which evolved into "Secret Agent." American audiences saw "Secret Agent" first, if I have it right. Pop singer Johnny Rivers did a version of "Secret Agent Man," which was the theme song. If it matters to you, the shows are in black and white, which for me is a plus, but I'm old....
I have several episodes of "Danger Man," on DVD, but have only watched a few. They're pretty good. McGoohan is a very suave, but not a "look at me, I'm a hunk," character that is easy to hate. In fact, his adventures have very little to do with the amour, but are instead dramatic encounters with political nasties and crooks.
Oct 9 07 2:57 PM
His "no kissing" policy is what supposedly lost him the role of James Bond.
Oct 9 07 10:20 PM
I have the graphic novel, which is pretty interesting. (Seems like it was originally pulished as a three or four issue mini-series.)
There's that tale that's told, as well as the story that McGoohan didn't want to play a character that carried a gun. Somewhere, over the years, McGoohan supposedly has expressed having had second thoughts over turning the role of Bond down when it was offered to him but, since I can't recall the source, I can't say how accurate that account might be.
Oct 9 07 11:14 PM
Oct 10 07 9:44 AM
According to an intro by Harlan Ellison when the Sci-Fi Channel ran a marathon during the early days (B.S....before suckage), Number 2 says to 6, "come see me in the morning, Drake." Now to me, that line has always sounded like "come see in the morning break."
I think one of the elements that keeps THE PRISONER so fascinating for me is the enigmatic character of McGoohan himself.
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