Episode
Danger Man: The Contessa
Overview
When several workers at an atomic energy plant in North Africa fall ill, a leakage is suspected. Drake flies out to investigate and is aided by a beautiful European doctor, but when the next victim has no connection with the plant, Drake discovers a fiendish plot.
Details
- Series
- Danger Man
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 29
- Air date
- 1961-05-21
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
The Contessa is Episode 29 in Season 1 of Danger Man. It aired on 1961-05-21. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 28: Sabotage
When Paul Jason of Jason's Airlines is killed and several of his planes crash, John Drake assumes the identity of a hard drinking pilot to investigate the crash. Drake discovers a case of smuggling and finds himself in a tricky situation.
Episode 30: The Leak
Drake joins forces with a European doctor when workers at an African nuclear power plant fall ill.
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Episode 27: Bury the Dead
NATO agent Tony Costello is killed in a car crash while investigating a case of gun running. John Drake flies to Sicily to investigate and finds Costello's girl friend who is convinced it was murder. Before the case is solved, Drake discovers that you can bury the dead more than once.
Episode 31: The Trap
Drake travels to Venice to investigate the case of Beth Warren, a cipher expert at the American Embassy in London. She disappeared form her job, and rushed to Venice to be with her boyfriend when his brother way dying. But Drake discovers she is being used for the knowledge she has.
Episode 26: The Journey Ends Halfway
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Episode 32: The Actor
Drake travels to Hong Kong to investigate the murder of a sound technician working for a radio station. He uncovers a plot where the secret information is being sent out in code over the air, transmitted as part of the station's English lessons.
Episode 25: The Brothers
A plane crashes off the coast of Sicily and a diplomatic satchel is taken by mountain bandits. John Drake's task is to recover the stolen property, for which he enlists the aid of one bandit's girlfriend.
Episode 33: Hired Assassin
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Episode 24: The Relaxed Informer
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Episode 34: The Coyannis Story
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Episode 23: The Gallows Tree
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Episode 35: Find and Destroy
A miniature submarine is wrecked off the coast of a South American country. John Drake's assignment from British Intelligence is to blow her up. Disguised as a fisherman, Drake races against time to find the submarine before the agents of a foreign power can.