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Adventures of a Diplomatic Courier
In this black & white TV series from 1954, Cesar Romero plays a diplomatic courier who makes a dangerous visit to a different exotic foreign city in each episode. Titles of the 10 episodes on these two discs are "Geneva," "Monte Carlo," "Prague," "Rome," "Tangiers," "Tehran," "Casablanca," "Budapest," "Sofia," and "Turkey."
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Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2008
Specifically regarding the two disc set from Timeless Media Group for Passport to Danger starring Cesar Romero as Steve McQuinn, a U.S. State Department diplomatic courier. This series is similar to Dangerous Assignment or the Third Man and each episode is in a different city. Disc 1 features episodes titled: Geneva; Monte Carlo, Prague; Rome and Tangiers. Disc 2 has: Teheran; Casablanca; Budapest; Sofia; and, Turkey.
Passport to Danger was a fairly high-budget program with many sets. The scripts were fairly good. Unfortunately, the prints or videos used as a source for this collection are fair at best. All episodes are slightly faded and slightly soft. However, the greater problem is the digitizing or authoring: all the episodes have stutter frames or sporadic erratic images. It isn't major but certainly noticeable.
Also, the menu on disc one is poorly authored and you cannot sequentially access episodes. The Critic's Choice DVD presents better quality versions of episodes: Geneva; Rome; Tangiers; and, Turkey. If you can find the Timeless Media collection for 3or3 or 3or4, it is worth such because Cesar Romero is enjoyable but, in my opinion not as good as Michael Rennie in the Third Man.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2007
In this black & white TV series from 1954, Cesar Romero plays a diplomatic courier who makes a dangerous visit to a different exotic foreign city in each episode. Titles of the 10 episodes on these two discs are "Geneva," "Monte Carlo," "Prague," "Rome," "Tangiers," "Tehran," "Casablanca," "Budapest," "Sofia," and "Turkey."
3.0 out of 5 stars Adventures of a Diplomatic Courier
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2007
In this black & white TV series from 1954, Cesar Romero plays a diplomatic courier who makes a dangerous visit to a different exotic foreign city in each episode. Titles of the 10 episodes on these two discs are "Geneva," "Monte Carlo," "Prague," "Rome," "Tangiers," "Tehran," "Casablanca," "Budapest," "Sofia," and "Turkey."
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3.0 out of 5 stars AN INTRIGUING SERIES
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 16, 2008
Cesar Romero was well established as a Hollywood actor when he starred in this U.S. television series, having appeared in a variety of movies, including several musicals and six Cisco Kid films in which he played the title role. Many will also remember him as The Joker in the 1960s cult T.V.series 'Batman' with Adam West. He was a Latin-American and in this series he is very much the all-American as Steve McQuinn, diplomatic courier, whose job is to convey top-secret documents to American embassies in foreign countries.
The series deals with foreign intrigue and McQuinn's efforts to help those citizens who have fallen foul of their own governments to find safe passage to the U.S.A. At this time, of course, the Cold War with the Soviet Union was well established and many of the stories have McQuinn coming up against the secret police of the countries he visits and getting into some dangerous situations. Romero plays it all quite seriously, but his charming manner and ready smile ensure that everything will turn out right in the end.
The series ran for 39 episodes between 1955 and 1958, each lasting around 25 minutes. The 10 episodes on this 2-dvd set have been released by Timeless Media Group and have apparently been remastered, although the quality is still not particularly good. The sound is okay, but the picture is jerky especially when the actors move quickly, as if some of the frames are missing. I have no idea what causes this, but it occurs in every episode and is a little distracting. If you can put up with that, then this series is well worth a look.