DANGER MAN: Position of Trust

(1961 Television Spy Series Episode)




Donald Pleasence and Patrick McGoohan




ALTERNATE TITLES:

SECRET AGENT: "Position of Trust" (US syndication title)



ORIGINAL AIR DATE:

DANGER MAN: "Position of Trust" was first broadcast on ITV in Britain on October 23, 1960.



CAST AND CREW:

PATRICK McGOOHAN (John Drake)
DONALD PLEASENCE (Captain Thomas Aldrich)
LOIS MAXWELL (Sandi Lewis)
JOHN PHILLIPS (Paul)
GILBERT WINFIELD (Alison)
IRENE PRADOR (Mrs. Aldrich)
MARTIN BENSON (Fawzi)
MADELEINE KASKET (Mrs. Fawzi)
DEREK GODFREY (Casino Manager)
DERRICK SHERWIN (Aly)

Produced and Directed by RALPH SMART
Written by JO EISINGER
(Based on a story by RALPH SMART)



SYNOPSIS:

Secret agent John Drake travels to a middle-east country and persuades a filing clerk in the Ministry of Health to hand over a list of wholesalers buying raw opium from the government.



PLEASENCE'S CHARACTER:

Pleasence plays Captain Thomas Aldrich---a English clerk working in Agricultural files for the middle-east country's Ministry of Health.



SCREEN CAPTURES:

  • DONALD PLEASENCE AS CAPTAIN THOMAS ALDRICH
    Photo courtesy of A LIFE OF DANGER

  • LOIS MAXWELL, PLEASENCE, AND PATRICK McGOOHAN
  • IRENE PRADOR AND PLEASENCE
    Images captured by Christopher Weedman



    VIDEO/LASER DISC/DVD AVAILABILITY:

    DANGER MAN: "Position of Trust" is not available on video.



    STAR LINKS:

  • THE UNOFFICIAL PATRICK McGOOHAN WEBPAGE



    SERIES LINKS:

  • INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE (1960-1961 series)
  • INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE (1964-1966 and 1968 series)



    Photos © 1960 ITC. All Rights Reserved.

    Logo designed by Karen Rappaport





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