This is a great episode, complete with Hardy (who, compared to later bosses, is rather likable!) and really nice suits for Drake, who pretends to be an American thug, chomping on big cigars and talking tough. He puts out a contract on himself and waits to see who tries to kill him. Good script, good production. Recommended.
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Drake hunts an assassin
bensonmum225 June 2015
Warning: Spoilers
John Drake"s Mission: Track down the organization responsible for several recent, high-profile assassinations.
Outstanding episode. The half-hour format really doesn't do Name, Date and Place justice. This episode is jam-packed with action, intrigue, and mystery. Drake's double-cross of the would-be assassin is a thing of beauty. Really well done.
As usual, Name, Date and Place features a strong supporting cast. While some of the names and faces weren't especially familiar to me, I did enjoy seeing Jean Marsh. I've always enjoyed her work in everything from Upstairs Downstairs to The Eagle Has Landed.
Outstanding episode. The half-hour format really doesn't do Name, Date and Place justice. This episode is jam-packed with action, intrigue, and mystery. Drake's double-cross of the would-be assassin is a thing of beauty. Really well done.
As usual, Name, Date and Place features a strong supporting cast. While some of the names and faces weren't especially familiar to me, I did enjoy seeing Jean Marsh. I've always enjoyed her work in everything from Upstairs Downstairs to The Eagle Has Landed.
Drake is one lucky guy...
planktonrules15 November 2013
Warning: Spoilers
This week, John Drake's assignment is to look into an international murder for hire organization. According to what CID has learned, these folks will kill anyone provided you pay. Drake's plan is kind of weird--he's seek out the organization with a contract. However, the man to be killed (Mr. Towers) will be played by him as well! Fortunately, the assassin just so happens to shoot him in his bullet-proof vest and the blood squib is convincing. Then, he springs his trap. Lucky for him they didn't shoot him in the head or lower body!! As usual, this episode is rather rushed--a bit too rushed. It is interesting and well done* however, and is worth seeing.
*As in many of the episodes of "Danger Man", a clumsy rear-projection system is used (in this case when he's supposedly on a bus). It's sloppy and makes it very obvious that it's NOT filmed on location but in a sound studio.
*As in many of the episodes of "Danger Man", a clumsy rear-projection system is used (in this case when he's supposedly on a bus). It's sloppy and makes it very obvious that it's NOT filmed on location but in a sound studio.
Very similar to the hour long episode: YOU'RE NOT IN ANY TROUBLE, ARE YOU?
UNOhwen29 December 2009
I'm a huge fan of Patrick McGoohan, Danger Man, Prisoner, et. al.
I say that because even I understand that having to 'crank' out new episodes can get laborious.
I recently got the first DANGER MAN series - the 1/2 hour episodes, and have been watching them - and, enjoying them immensely.
I just watched NAME, DATE & PLACE, and found the episode to be similar to the hour-long episode YOU'RE NOT IN ANY TROUBLE ARE YOU - but, what's nice to see is how the same plot is tackled (slightly) differently by each show.
The writing of both are credited to different people, but it can't be coincidence that the 'bones' of each are exactly the same - mysterious murder for hire organisation, to track them down, Drake puts a hit on...himself.
It's nice to see how the 1/2 hour shows can compress what was in the hour long episode, a slowly, ever-building tension.
It's also refreshing to see the 'earlier, younger Drake, who is a bit less cynical, a little less formed - but John Drake nonetheless.
I say that because even I understand that having to 'crank' out new episodes can get laborious.
I recently got the first DANGER MAN series - the 1/2 hour episodes, and have been watching them - and, enjoying them immensely.
I just watched NAME, DATE & PLACE, and found the episode to be similar to the hour-long episode YOU'RE NOT IN ANY TROUBLE ARE YOU - but, what's nice to see is how the same plot is tackled (slightly) differently by each show.
The writing of both are credited to different people, but it can't be coincidence that the 'bones' of each are exactly the same - mysterious murder for hire organisation, to track them down, Drake puts a hit on...himself.
It's nice to see how the 1/2 hour shows can compress what was in the hour long episode, a slowly, ever-building tension.
It's also refreshing to see the 'earlier, younger Drake, who is a bit less cynical, a little less formed - but John Drake nonetheless.
Name, date and place
coltras351 October 2021
Drake suspects a series of murders are linked to an organisation of assassins and he goes undercover, posing as a man who needs someone bumped off. It's fairly good episode, sharp and snappy with a guest spot from that excellent actress jean marsh.
Entertaining crime story despite idiot plot and confusion about characters
Miles-1029 June 2019
Warning: Spoilers
John Drake must solve a series of murders committed in different countries but with an identical MO: Always prominent victims, always shot through the back and heart, always the same caliber gun, and always the indication - cleverly discerned by Drake - that the killer was a stranger yet the victim trusted them.
Drake traces the killer's employer to the Soho area of London (not sure how) and goes through a rather hit-or-miss process to find someone who knows who the criminal is. This leads him, at last, to a seemingly upstanding citizen named Mr. Nash.
Although Nash stresses security in his criminal enterprise, he does not have the concept quite down. We never understand how Drake is able to find anyone who knows about Nash's murder-for-hire business and yet manages to still be alive. Also, when Drake shows up at Nash's home with two tight-lipped suits in tow, Nash never demands to know who they are before talking about his illegal business in front of them.
An unusual number of female actors appear - six. A peculiarity of the way they are presented in the story and then credited makes it difficult to identify them. I am only able to pick out two: 1) Jean Marsh is cast as "Kim Russell", Drake's guide to Soho. (Evidently, one cannot explore the underbelly of Soho without a native.) She is not introduced by name and never identified as "Russell", but, at last, Drake's narration refers to her as "Kim", though if your mind drifts for a nanosecond, you miss that. 2) Olive McFarland as "Chambermaid", obviously is the hotel maid who finds the body in the opening scene.
None of the other four female characters is named in the dialogue. One woman is identified as "Mrs. Hammond", but there is no such name in the cast list. Obviously, she is one of the four female characters identified only by first name - but their first names are never used in the dialogue. This makes it almost impossible to match most of these actresses with the characters they play.
Drake traces the killer's employer to the Soho area of London (not sure how) and goes through a rather hit-or-miss process to find someone who knows who the criminal is. This leads him, at last, to a seemingly upstanding citizen named Mr. Nash.
Although Nash stresses security in his criminal enterprise, he does not have the concept quite down. We never understand how Drake is able to find anyone who knows about Nash's murder-for-hire business and yet manages to still be alive. Also, when Drake shows up at Nash's home with two tight-lipped suits in tow, Nash never demands to know who they are before talking about his illegal business in front of them.
An unusual number of female actors appear - six. A peculiarity of the way they are presented in the story and then credited makes it difficult to identify them. I am only able to pick out two: 1) Jean Marsh is cast as "Kim Russell", Drake's guide to Soho. (Evidently, one cannot explore the underbelly of Soho without a native.) She is not introduced by name and never identified as "Russell", but, at last, Drake's narration refers to her as "Kim", though if your mind drifts for a nanosecond, you miss that. 2) Olive McFarland as "Chambermaid", obviously is the hotel maid who finds the body in the opening scene.
None of the other four female characters is named in the dialogue. One woman is identified as "Mrs. Hammond", but there is no such name in the cast list. Obviously, she is one of the four female characters identified only by first name - but their first names are never used in the dialogue. This makes it almost impossible to match most of these actresses with the characters they play.
Plenty of danger, man!
lor_4 June 2024
British understatement and professionalism are on display in this modified one-man-show, with Pat having plenty of droll amusement impersonating an American gangster type in order to entrap an underworld version (in Europe) of Murder Incorporated.
After the "grabber" of an opening scene where a maid finds the corpse of one of the group's murder-for-hire victims under a bed while performing routine housekeeping, the show follows Pat around setting his trap. It's lowkey lack of action or thrills is a drag, but in a dozen of more brief spot roles the wealth of Brit talent performs with aplomb, headed by a series of four actresses, headed by the wonderful Jean Marsh, cast against type with a subtle sexiness: she even displays a it of decolletage in a quick cene with Pat at the baccarat table in a gambling den set in London's Soho.
After the "grabber" of an opening scene where a maid finds the corpse of one of the group's murder-for-hire victims under a bed while performing routine housekeeping, the show follows Pat around setting his trap. It's lowkey lack of action or thrills is a drag, but in a dozen of more brief spot roles the wealth of Brit talent performs with aplomb, headed by a series of four actresses, headed by the wonderful Jean Marsh, cast against type with a subtle sexiness: she even displays a it of decolletage in a quick cene with Pat at the baccarat table in a gambling den set in London's Soho.
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