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Before getting to the subject portended by the title of this review... for some reason while listening to the Danger Man opening theme music the thought of the Star Wars jazz band (from the bar scene) playing the Danger Man theme crossed my mind. Is that hilarious or what? Someone should do an animation of that band playing a jazzed up remix of the Danger Man theme! Would be fun, eh?

Anyway, if you've read most any other of my reviews for either the 1/2 hour or 1 hour series you know I've been documenting the various spy gadgets employed by our hero and master spy, John Drake. In this episode we get our second look at a nifty gadget that has been seen only once so far; the cigarette case that doubles as a two-way radio. This gizmo was first spotted in 'Loyalty Always Pays'.

However, in this installment of the series, the cigarette case takes on a new persona; it now acts as a receiver for the standard issue round bugging device that John is always planting here and there, plus it records the conversation! Yeah, they sort of transplanted the guts of the now ubiquitous electric-razor-as-tape-recorder into the cigarette case.

Other gadgetry seen in this episode is a cigar with a hidden cavity -which Drake places a dinky film strip in- and a compliment of fireworks and smoke bombs that the spy man triggers in order to keep six evil men from gunning him down. LOL! The ending of this particular show is pretty good. It's interesting that we see the same deluxe strongroom door used here as was used in ... you guessed it ... 'Loyalty Always Pays'.

A nice twist in this show is that Drake can't pick the strongroom door lock, and has to form a Plan B. This nuance added to the plausibility factor.

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The show begins with a staged auto wreck. Then, a corpse in placed in the vehicle and it's set ablaze. Obviously they are setting it up to look like a British agent is dead but he's very much alive--and they are going to drill him for information.

Soon Drake arrives in Geneva where this all occurred and is greeted in a not particularly friendly manner by the local police. They obviously think he and the supposedly dead man are spies and Drake needs to watch his step. Additionally, and not particularly surprisingly, the baddies soon come crawling out of the woodwork to kill Drake--and Drake has to not only stop them but find the missing agent.

This one has a lot more action than usual. There is tons of fighting and Drake is more brutal than normal. I particularly loved when he sideswiped the guy with his car near the end. But, in typical Drake fashion, he avoids using a gun and manages to make it all look rather easy! Fun and worth your time.