Danger Man
A Man to Be Trusted
TV Flash files “A Man to Be Trusted” as hour 49 of 86 in the TV Flash guide — Danger Man (1960–1968) on ITV, season 2, episode 10, aired 1964-12-15, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E10: listed hour 49 of 86 in the Danger Man guide, hour 10 of 22 in season 2. It aired 1964-12-15 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “No Marks for Servility” (S02E09). Next is “Don't Nail Him Yet” (S02E11).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Two M9 agents have been tortured and murdered on a Caribbean island, and Drake's sent to find out who killed them and to determine how much information they divulged before dying.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Man to Be Trusted sit in the Danger Man guide?
S02E10 is listed hour 49 of 86 — hour 10 of 22 in season 2, season 2 episode 10.
When did Danger Man S02E10 air?
A Man to Be Trusted aired 1964-12-15 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
A John Drake mission with McGoohan's chill — brains over gadgets — is the professional contract. U.S. prints may be titled Secret Agent; same agent.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Danger Man (Secret Agent in U.S. syndication) is Patrick McGoohan's John Drake: spy craft with fewer toys and more professional chill. The ITC series is the sober sibling of Bond mania, and the runway to The Prisoner. McGoohan refuses to wink — taut missions, moral stubbornness, and the reason Number Six already feels like a resignation letter.
Two windows, one chill. Danger Man (Secret Agent in U.S. syndication) is Patrick McGoohan's John Drake: spy craft with fewer toys and more professional quiet. Ralph Smart's ITC series ran in phases — **1960–1962 and 1964–1968** — as the sober sibling of Bond mania. Brains, ethics tension, minimal camp. International assignments as professionalism. Rex will toast the tuxedo era. McGoohan refused to play Bond, and the Drake-to-Number-Six pipeline is the lore: taut missions, moral stubbornness, the reason Number Six…
Filed against
- Patrick McGoohan as John Drake
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