The Prisoner (Spyforce Episode)

Infobox Television episode | Title = Portuguese Man Of War


Caption =
Series = Spyforce
Season = 1
Episode = 4
Airdate = 23 August 1971 (Nine)
Production = Paramount Pictures
Writer = Ron McLean
Director = David Baker
Guests =
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Prev = Portuguese Man Of War
Next = The Bridge

"The Prisoner" is the third episode of the Australian wartime espionage drama Spyforce created by Roger Mirams and Ron McLean. The Prisoner was directed by David Baker, and the script was written by Ron McLean.

Plot

"Warning! This is a summary of the plot of this episode, and may spoil the outcome."

In "The Prisoner" Colonel Cato creates false evidence linking Gunther Haber and Erskine to a massacre on a small Pacific island in order to demonstrate the lengths he will go to in order to force them to work alongside each other, and to force them to carry out the orders he commands.

Having manipulated them into continuing service with his department, he sends the pair to Singapore in order to break "into" Changi Prison and rescue a renowned British bacteriologist who is being kept prisoner there. Colonel Cato fears that the Japanese will force him to create bacteriological weapons if he is not rescued.

The filming of "The Prisoner" required the Japanese flag to be hoisted in Singapore for the first time since the end of World War II.

Credits

CAST:
*Erskine - Jack Thompson
*Lt. French - Katy Wild
*Gunther Haber - Peter Sumner
*Col. Cato - Redmond Philips

Support:
*Jill Stewart - Anna-Maria Winchester
*Capt. Pollock - Bill Hunter
*Capt. Bergen - Stuart Finch

*'Dingo' - Henri Szeps
*Pascoe - Max Meldrum
*Barrow - Max Cullen
*'Doc' - Harry Lawrence
*Prof. Maurice Trilby - Don Crosby
*'Prune' - Reg Evans
*Col. Mayusaki - Kuki Kaa
*Watchman - Gerry Duggan
*Dr. Hungerford - Stanley Walsh
*Sangster - Tony Thurbon
*Japanese soldier - Terry Erwin

CREW:
*Producer - Roger Mirams
*Associate Producer - Ron McLean
*Music - Brian Rangott & Geoff Harvey
*Paramount Production Executive - Bruce Gordon