Spy-to-Private Eye tough guy that gets shot at and punched all over the world
ABC & UKs 1968 second half of the series staring Richard Bradford as Mac McGill, in a spy/intrigue suspense that also provides a travelogue to many places. London based, Mac after being forced from the CIA, freelances in the worst of spy gigs, always at risk, but cool and persistent. If it pays Mac goes, with trademark suitcase. Expect dial phones, narrow ties, mini-skirts, low tech 60s, but hard hitting action. McGill's many enemies wish him dead. Mac likes his cigarettes and ladies. His cocky manner irks his foes, but endears TV fans of the Cold War era. In the bonus interview, Bradford puts down scripts, but action/spy fans will like it. It's from the same era of Man from U.N.C.L.E., I Spy, Avengers, Mod Squad, and James Bond, so Mac chases with the best. Not all 15 episodes 5 star, OK so it's not 21st century high-tech espionage, but sit back and enjoy the nostalgia, and many guest stars.
52 min. episodes have SUBTITLES: * = guest stars
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part 2 of ITC's cynical adventure series, featuring Richard Branford as a disgraced operative, surpasses part 1...
Responsible for a string hit shows in the mystery, espionage, and mystery genres, like The Avengers, The Saint, and Danger Man, Britain's ITC (Incorporated Television Company) Entertainment also produced Man In a Suitcase (1967-68) a series that lasted for just one season, producing 30 episodes featuring Richard Bradford as an ex-intelligence operative named McGill. The series had been previously released as an import, but is now available in Region 1 DVD. This release contains the final 15 episodes in the series, and is accompanied by a second set with the first 15 episodes.
In the first episode of the series, it is learned that McGill (no first name stated) was an American agent who was disgraced about six years previously, and is regarded by some as a traitor. McGill discovers that his reputation was sacrificed as part of a scheme to plant agents behind the iron curtain. Rather than endanger...
Great Series..
It's so nice to see a show with imagination not to mention the cool 60's stuff..lt's funny as sometimes one has to go to the past to find progress... Wish they made more shows like this and less politically corect garbage like they try to force feed us these days....Thanks Amazon for giving us a choice.....
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