"Secret Agent" The Man with the Foot (TV Episode 1966) Poster

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7/10
Lighthearted episode and yes, there is a "foot"
NellsFlickers7 October 2019
Patrick McGoohan has to "cool off" after a botched mission. He heads to Spain, off season, to meet up with a friend who is tagging wolves for study.

There is no real "danger" to Danger Man this time around, though we are lead to believe there is. Drake is more of a subject than a character, as a counterpart of his feels he must spy on him. There's a car chase, a misunderstanding pertaining to a firearm, and yes, a "foot".

Lighthearted episode, with an ending that I feel could have been wrapped up better.
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6/10
Weak entry interesting wintery location
jameselliot-129 January 2020
Nothing especially interesting about this story but it's nice to see Isobel Black as the sexy and extroverted hotelkeeper. Drake has no interest, unlike all other TV and movie spies. Hammer fans will know her from Kiss of the Vampire and Twins of Evil in which she was underutilized. The episode goes for a lighthearted approach like a Morecambe and Wise skit. It doesn't work. If Drake is chilling out in Spain after a botched mission, why is he using his real name? It's supposed to be winter yet sunny stock footage of a Spanish village shows people walking in shirt sleeves and no coats. Bond's boss Bernard Lee plays Drake's superior, an in-joke? Drake using a fishing rod to disarm a gunman is beyond ridiculous.
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8/10
As for the car chase ...
plutoplotny24 February 2022
Warning: Spoilers
There seems to be some confusion about the car chase at the end of this ep where Drake's Mini Cooper gets the better of Solby's W111 Mercedes saloon over snow covered dirt roads in the forest.

This is actually a good demo of how much better a front wheel drive car, the Mini, does in the snow than a traditional and heavy rear drive car, particularly one without a locking differential, such as the the Mercedes.

The Mini here is faster and in much better control than the Merc, which constantly has its rear end sliding about on the snow and on the edge of losing it. It's never able to bring its greater power to bear.

As a matter of fact it looks like they edit the sped-up footage to make it look a more even match. The Mini was always going to traverse these conditions better than the Merc.
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6/10
A change of mood for the show.
planktonrules28 April 2014
Apart from showing Bernard Lee as Drake's boss, there isn't a lot to make this episode stand out. Sure, unlike the others they play a lot of this for laughs but regardless it's a relatively weak episode of "Secret Agent".

When the show begins, Drake's cover is blown and he decides to head to Spain for a rest. Unfortunately it's winter and pretty miserable. Additionally, a bumbling agent (too bumbling if you ask me) decides that Drake is up to no good and decides to investigate. It all ends with a ridiculous car chase, as a Mini Cooper forces a much larger Mercedes off the road and the two men soon engage in a silly fight on the ice. A bit of a letdown, that's for sure.
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9/10
The Heart of the Matter
ralphv113 July 2019
An unusual episode in that there is no delineated espionage plot and no definite bad guys, but one that goes to the central thesis of the series as conceived by Ralph Smart. Usually, we start with Drake setting upon a mission and pretending to be anyone but himself. This time, we start with Drake's assignment busted and his identity revealed, and the sudden need to lay low for awhile. In "sunny Spain," Drake is recognized by the titular man with the foot. The trouble here, of course , is that Drake is Drake, not Drake putting on a mask. So, every innocent action becomes something else. Even when Drake tries to escape the duplicity of his profession, his past sins cling to him like an albatross.
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