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Man in a Suitcase

Brainwash

Season 1, Episode 1, Aired Sep 27, 1967

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Every man has his price. It is money for some - other things for others. For McGill, when an effort is made to brainwash him, it's suffering.

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Colin Blakely

John
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Howard Marion-Crawford

Colonel Davies
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Suzan Farmer

Judy

Richard Bradford

McGill

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The 'jewel in the Crown' in the series! Not only Richard Bradford's favourite episode - mine too!

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By sharmantowers, Apr 28, 2007

If you need proof of Richard Bradford's method acting skills they are shown off to their finest in this! He so skillfully suffers on screen you feel exhausted for him. Colin Blakely excels too - thoroughly relishing in torturing the hero of the piece. A tribute to both actors performances is that they got on so well off camera, yet there's not a hint of this on screen! Such professionals! I won't spoil the plot as this is only a review, not a full synopsis for those who haven't had the pleasure of seeing this series before!moreless
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A group of people try to brainwash McGill into signing a confession.

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By neufen01, Aug 26, 2006

Not an origin story. McGill meets a client at a remote train station and is hit over the head and drugged. He wakes up in a strange room which has a locked door and bars on the windows. Breaking the door open, he finds himself confronted by gunmen who take him to Colonel Davis. McGill is offered $50,000 for a job based on something that happened in 1958 in Equala, an African country that McGill knows nothing about. Back in his room, he is drugged and wakes up on an operating table (I don't know why this was). This time he wakes up in a small bleak room where the brainwashing begins in the form of pictures of Equala projected onto a wall, with the sound blaring away. Davis is revealed to be sick and the girl who brings McGill's food is his daughter, Judy. McGill is told he will get the money and get released if he signs a confession which admits it was an American and British plot that got the Colonel and his group kicked out of Equala and was his doing. The brainwashing continues and McGill makes a number of aborted attempts to escape from the madhouse, getting knocked about each time he fails. McGill is allowed to escape and realises that the Colonel wants him to shoot him so he can die a martyr as he is already dying. McGill is wounded in a shootout, and refusing to kill the Colonel, escapes from the building to a London waste site where there is a convenient policeman nearby. Colin Blakely as (Major) John, Howard Marion Crawford as Col Davis, Suzan Farmer as Judy.moreless
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- (After cautiously eating a meal prepared by his captors, McGill discovers that they have still managed to drug him…) McGill: Well what do you know… They put it in the salt!
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- John: How's London? Still swinging? McGill: Oh yeah, like a pendulum do!
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- "Man in a Suitcase" made its debut on pre-recorded video format in 1992, when ITC released the episode "Brainwash" coupled with "Man From the Dead" (Catalogue # 1571). It was reissued in 2000 by Carlton on both video (Catalogue # 30074 20923) and DVD (Catalogue # 37115 00773).
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- Colin Blakely (John) was just one of the notable guest stars who appeared in more than one episode playing different characters. He also cropped up in "The Whisper", as Father Loyalo, a Jesuit Priest.
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- This is Richard Bradford's favourite episode.
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- Buckinghamshire locations - Heatherden Hall Gardens at Pinewood Studios and Denham Golf Club Station, Denham.
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