Danger Man The Man on the Beach (1964–1967) watch online HD

Tonight's episode takes place at a Club Med style tropical resort. An aerial shot at the commencement of the episode frames a swimming pool shaped like a foot.

This pool would later be seen in the episode entitled 'The Man With The Foot'. Really? No, not really. But water does play an important role in this installment of Secret Agent... it's a convenient place to put dead bodies.

Peter Yates (director of Steve McQueen in 'Bullitt') returns to direct his third installment of the series. His trademark method of slowly building tension can be felt from beginning to end.

There are several Secret Agent motifs that are well played in this issue; John Drake plays one of his best undercover characters here; a lowlife. He also has an amazing ability to launch people through the air when disposing of them in a fight, and we get a couple of those... always fun to watch.

And there is some great chemistry between Drake and the leading femme fatale; Cleo (as in Cleopatra). The hauntingly beautiful Barbara Steele plays Cleo wonderfully; she doesn't walk... she slinks to her destination. She doesn't exactly dance.. she jiggles around a bit... slowly. She's forward when a woman would normally be coy. She's coy when affirmation is requested. And McGoohan syncs up to her mood very well. There is a covert power struggle between the two. You'll see who wins. And, you'll find out who utters the lines that titles this review.

By the way, another reviewer was commenting that this episode is hard to follow. It took me a couple of viewings to catch on myself. It is a very cohesive production but you have to pay attention to all dialog. I can also give you a tip that would have helped me, if you'll trust me not to give away too much...

You find out almost immediately that this episode is about identifying a double agent. That is Drake's assignment. There are not that many characters playing agents in the locale John is visiting, so just keep your eye on them. One character is seen both with and without spectacles. He looks very different without out glasses, so much so that I thought it was two different characters. That's what threw me off. Hope that helps you enjoy what is a pretty darn good installment of this awesome series.

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Written by Philip Broadley and directed by Peter Yates ( who sadly passed on earlier this year ) 'The Man On The Beach' was one of the last 'Danger Man' episodes to be made. It takes 'John Drake' ( Patrick McGoohan ) to the Caribbean in the search for a double agent. Fellow spy 'Callaghan' ( Fredric Abbott ) knows who it is, but before he can tell anyone, he is drowned by persons unknown. Drake's cover - that of a penniless alcoholic - attracts the interest of the sexy 'Cleo' ( Barbara Steele ). He has a secret meeting on a secluded beach with Sir Alan Grose ( David Hutcheson ). Fellow agents 'Wykes' ( Glyn Houston ) and 'Howes' ( Peter Hughes ) are under suspicion and do not know of Drake's true mission. After being photographed taking money, Drake lands in serious trouble, but Sir Alan cannot vouch for him as he has been murdered. Drake's only hope of clearing his name lies with a penniless young woman called 'Mary Ann' ( Dolores Mantez )...

This is slightly reminiscent of Desmond Bagley's 'The Freedom Trap' ( filmed by John Huston in 1973 as 'The Mackintosh Man' ) in that the hero too is thought to have broken the law only for his alibi to collapse at the worst possible moment. It rambles a bit, most notably Drake's scenes with Cleo, but picks up considerably when he is framed. Horror legend Steele plays her as a sexual predator, and it is indeed a shame when she vanishes suddenly from the plot. By way of compensation, we get Juliet Harmer ( a year away from her role as 'Georgie Jones' from the B.B.C.'s 'Adam Adamant Lives!' ) as 'Lady Kilrush' and Dolores Mantez ( 'Nina Barry' from Gerry Anderson's 'U.F.O.' ) as 'Mary Ann', whose interest in Drake is financial rather than friendship. The actress had played another character in an earlier story - 'Loyalty Always Pays'.

A few familiar black actors crop up, such as Paul Danquah, Clifton Jones, and Harry Baird. Howes' office is located in the wine cellar of the hotel where Drake is staying. By pressing the 'M' on the rum barrel, our hero makes the door electronically open ( the sound effect was later used on Number 2's office in 'The Prisoner' ). When Drake escapes, there is a short but exciting fight in which quite a few bottles get broken. He really gets battered in this story does our John. After completing his assignment, he collapses!

First off, I'm bored enough to rate an individual television episode and that's being pretty bore, oh well it at least gets the mind to think, right? I'm a big John Drake fan from the 30 minute Dangerman first season, on up to The Prisoner (we all know that was John Drake, don't we?). The Man On The Beach is full of stuff, and since it's within a 50 minute time constraint, it's kind of confusing at first viewing. That could be a plus for repeated viewing though as I'm sure I missed something and since I shelled out big bucks for the entire series on A&E DVD megaset that's a good thing. OK so heres a summary, there is a double agent in the Caribbean and Drake is sent in as a mole/troubleshooter to find out who it is. It starts out simply enough with Drake following the hottie horror queen Barbara Steele but before you know it, it is off on far away islands and Barbara is long gone. This episode is memorable because it has Barbara in it, she is a hottie, and that Drake is hurt (machette'd in the arm) pretty bad, which although he regularly gets trashed in the series is about as badly hurt as I've seen him. Also, if your a fan of the Brit show UFO, the black Island woman is also the actress who was the leader on the moonbase, she looks a lot younger here even though it was only 6 years apart. 7 of 10 it wanders around too much but it's got hot women in it and Drake gets hurt really badly.