Danger Man
The Man with the Foot
TV Flash files “The Man with the Foot” as hour 82 of 86 in the TV Flash guide — Danger Man (1960–1968) on ITV, season 3, episode 21, aired 1966-03-24, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E21: listed hour 82 of 86 in the Danger Man guide, hour 21 of 23 in season 3. It aired 1966-03-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “I am Afraid You Have the Wrong Number” (S03E20). Next is “The Paper Chase” (S03E22).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
While on a well deserved vacation, Drake is still in search of an enemy agent who knows his cover as a spy. If he can't apprehend him, his cover is blown.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Man with the Foot sit in the Danger Man guide?
S03E21 is listed hour 82 of 86 — hour 21 of 23 in season 3, season 3 episode 21.
When did Danger Man S03E21 air?
The Man with the Foot aired 1966-03-24 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
Patrick McGoohan’s Number Six spends The Prisoner demanding identity in a pastel Village of surveillance — seventeen stylish, stubborn episodes, a finale that still starts arguments — after Danger Man’s John Drake practiced spy craft with…