Best of 2023 (So Far)
Somehow we’re already halfway through the year. Here’s a look back at some of my favorites from the first-half of 2023.
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Danger Man
Danger Man – A Room in the Basement
- Title: Danger Man – A Room in the Basement
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Throwback Tuesday takes us back into the Cold War spycraft of Danger Man. John Drake (Patrick McGoohan) is contacted by an old friend (Jane Merrow), desperate for his help after her husband (John Breslin) is abducted by the Romanian embassy in Geneva who wrongly believe him to be a terrorist. Despite not having the backing of his agency, Drake calls on a couple of fellow spies to organize breaking into a foreign embassy in Switzerland and liberating their friend before either the Romanians or the Swiss realize what they are up to.
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Danger Man – The Battle of the Cameras
- Title: Danger Man – The Battle of the Cameras
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Throwback Tuesday takes us back into the Cold War spycraft of Danger Man. After top secret documents are stolen by a cunning woman (Dawn Addams) working for the notorious A.J.A. Kent (Niall MacGinnis), John Drake (Patrick McGoohan) is sent to Paris to work his way into the man’s confidence by offering up the recipe for rocket fuel. With a longer running time, much of it spent in the resort’s casino, and a scarred super-villain, you can feel the influence of James Bond throughout “The Battle of the Cameras.”
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Danger Man – The Nurse
- Title: Danger Man – The Nurse
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Throwback Thursday takes us back into the Cold War spycraft of Danger Man. John Drake (Patrick McGoohan) rescues two British citizens from an unnamed Arab nation facing a revolution. Choosing to remain when he hears of another English woman nearby, and knowing she won’t be safe from the rebel troops, Drake seeks out nurse Mary MacPherson (Eileen Moore) only to discover she has in her possession a small baby and the last living member of the deposed royal family. Unable to reach the helicopter, Drake and MacPherson must try to make their way on their own, a journey that leads them across an unscrupulous innkeeper (Eric Pohlmann) and a greedy local leader (Harold Kasket) looking to use the child to increase his own power.
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Danger Man – Deadline
- Title: Danger Man – Deadline
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Throwback Thursday takes us back into the Cold War spycraft of Danger Man. John Drake (Patrick McGoohan) heads to Victoria Bassaland in Africa where an exiled leader is stirring up riots and protest by framing the government for the death of his wife’s (Barbara Chilcott) uncle. Posing as a gun runner, Drake is able to get an audience with Saul Khano (William Marshall) and turn the man’s conflicted wife against her husband. “Deadlline” is notable for the large Black cast and the villain getting the drop on our hero who only survives his time in Africa thanks to the timely intervention of the man’s wife.
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