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Mcgoohan was cool and dispassionate agent john drake. Therefore when his daughter goes missing, drake fears the kidnappers are after more than just money. Nevermind the detail of his job being a secret agent, the essential of this show is. John drake is a special operative for m9, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element which threatened world peace. Agency headquarters is infiltrated by an enemy operative code named possum who.
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