When a Chinese businessman is murdered, a young couple on honeymoon become the prime suspects. John Drake flies
out to the Far East to help them, and finds himself in a dangerous situation.
Cast
Patrick McGoohan (John Drake), Lee Montague (Mr Chung Sun), Ronald Allen (Ted
Baker), Sally Bazely (Joan Baker), Michael Peake (President),
Production Team
Director: Charles Frend
Writers: Lewis Davidson, Ralph Smart
Producer: Ralph Smart
Associate Producer: Aida Young
Production Details
Season 2, Episode 1
Original airdate: 2 April 1961
Filming locations: MGM Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire; Portmeirion, Gywnedd, Wales (2 episodes).
Trivia
The first episode was filmed in the northern Wales village of Portmeirion. Patrick McGoohan would return here to
film The Prisoner.
Based on his success as John Drake, Patrick McGoohan became one of the first actors considered for the role of James
Bond in Dr No.
The show resumed production in 1964. It was renamed Secret Agent for American distribution.
In the early series John Drake is clearly defined as being an American, but when the character returned in 1964 the character
had become British or Irish.
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