The Lonely Chair

Episode aired Oct 30, 1960
TV-PG
26m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

140

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Action Adventure Crime Mystery Thriller

Patrick Laurence, a wealthy, wheelchair-bound man, has access to top-secret documents. Therefore when his daughter goes missing, Drake fears the kidnappers are after more than just money. He... Read allPatrick Laurence, a wealthy, wheelchair-bound man, has access to top-secret documents. Therefore when his daughter goes missing, Drake fears the kidnappers are after more than just money. He meets with Laurence and discovers he is planning to meet the crooks' demands. Drake knows... Read allPatrick Laurence, a wealthy, wheelchair-bound man, has access to top-secret documents. Therefore when his daughter goes missing, Drake fears the kidnappers are after more than just money. He meets with Laurence and discovers he is planning to meet the crooks' demands. Drake knows that giving them what they want will be no guarantee of the daughter's safety, and after ... Read all

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

140

YOUR RATING

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lor_

One-man show

Listing Sam Wanamaker and Hazel Court as guest stars got me excited, but both received nothing roles -no chance to emote. But fortunately Pat took over and ran with this stock kidnapping episode, getting physical and making mince meat of the villains as he outwitted them during the last half.

The gimmick of him impersonating Sam in a wheelchair sort of demonstrated how he could beat up and subdue any baddie with one hand tied behind his back. The too-quick denouement (I guess part of the difficulty of packing in a show into 25 minutes of running time) was a bit much, but he managed to "get the girl" even though it was tastefully unerotic given the kid who was 'napped is underage (18-year old actress Liz Lanchbuy, whose career never made it).

9CoastalCruiser

McGoohan Has A Field Day

Most of my reviews cover the spy gadgets employed throughout the series, but there are a few standout episodes that bear comment on their own. This is one of them. The other reviewers have covered the topic pretty well, and I would just underscore that this episode is highly watchable, especially if you're a McGoohan fan...

There are a few Danger Man and Secret Agent episodes that give us a glimpse of the real Patrick McGoohan, the one that is fully exposed later in The Prisoner series. This is one of those episodes. Patrick is fully unleashed here and at his dramatic and eccentric best. He literally takes over the last half of the show... from a wheelchair! McGoohan fans will be in stitches at his antics.