Feb 22, 2023
Man in a Suitcase: The Boston Square (1.18, ITC, 1968)
"What about McGill?"
"Bad news."
"He's dead?"
"No, he's alive."
#man in a suitcase#the boston square#1968#itc#classic tv#don chaffey#wilfred greatorex#richard bradford#rex everhart#peter arne#vincent ball#basil dignam#howard goorney#jose berlinka#ed bishop#robert perceval#alexandra stevenson#jeanna l'esty#peter brace#larry taylor#what's this? we open on a board meeting.. much discussion of intellectual property and the ethics of information exchange? it can't be...#by jove it is‚ a Wilfred Greatorex episode of an itc genre show!! tbf there's a lot of spy stuff going on too; in fact this may be the most#espionage centred ep to date. it also gives a strong focus on American Intelligence‚ glimpsed in a few episodes so far as a kind of#grudgingly paternal force behind McGill but here depicted as ruthless‚ calculating and amoral‚ moreso perhaps than even in the pilot#notably one agent actively tries to get McGill killed by the opposition. Greatorex's script isn't as dazzling as his work on his own shows#but there are still a couple of killer lines (mostly threats of course‚ typical Wilf). denser plotting and heavy dialogue means there's#less time for some nice character work from Bradford‚ but he does get to wear a shorty short dressing gown so uh.. not all bad..
