Episode
Danger Man: Hired Assassin
Overview
Drake poses as a professional assassin in an attempt to prevent the assassination of a South American President. He joins a revolutionary group who are planning to kill the President.
Details
- Series
- Danger Man
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 33
- Air date
- 1961-06-18
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Hired Assassin is Episode 33 in Season 1 of Danger Man. It aired on 1961-06-18. The runtime is 60 min.
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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 34: The Coyannis Story
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Episode 35: Find and Destroy
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Episode 30: The Leak
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Episode 36: Under the Lake
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Episode 29: The Contessa
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.
Episode 37: The Nurse
Drake travels to the Arabian Desert to rescue the American Consul and his family from terrorists who have assassinated the King. On arrival Drake finds he has additional problems trying to protect a pretty Scots nurse and the baby in her care - the future king.
Episode 28: Sabotage
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Episode 38: Dead Man Walks
Hardy assigns Drake to investigate when the entire research team working in tropical diseases is killed by mysterious accidents. Drake travels to India, and uncovers clues that one of the scientists may be alive.
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 39: Deadline
When a wave of terrorism in the African jungle is likely to lead to a mass uprising, The Danger Man takes on the disguise of a 'gun-runner' in an attempt to penetrate the extremist organisation behind it.