Just saw Lee in an old "Cheyenne" episode, "Trouble Street," also starring James Coburn. Imagine those two voices together with Clint Walker's! Loved McGoohan in "Ice Station Zebra," in which he acted while on leave from "The Prisoner."
Movies, then TV, now streaming... so many opportunities, so you need a lot of actors. Especially character actors, who make stories work. Even back in 1980... so much going on.
Nobody plays better bad guts than CPAs (Van Cleef and Jack Elam were both CPAs. Edgar Buchanan was a Dentist who kept his license active even while acting and he played comedy parts).
Most people the days don't know about The Prisoner, and it's a shame. It's like Twin Peaks: a one off. Nothing else will ever be like it, and it was enormously influential on later shows. McGoohan is 100% of the reason it was so damn good too
I've seen him in 3 or 4 Columbo episodes, so, I know him pretty well. Good actor, he played very different roles in these films, and played them all well. Not sure about this scene though, Lee van Cleef really outpaces him here.
First time I watched him was in a Disney movie, "The Three Lives of Thomasina. I love the Prisoner. I went to see Braveheart wanting to see him and didn't recognize him so I had to go back for a second time to find out he was the king. Great performance. ❤😊
"Word's around you had a visitor, and Baker knows it. Name of Jackson." "I've resigned. My life is my own." "Well, Jackson was here, or Baker's got it all wrong." "He's not wrong. Who is Number 1!?" "That's not what I'm being paid for. I'm only interested in the name Jackson's hiding under now" "I am not a number."
'The Hard Way' is a 1980 British action television film directed by Michael Dryhurst and starring Patrick McGoohan, Lee Van Cleef and Edna O'Brien. A professional hitman is forced to do one last job. Good movie. ~ Be Safe out there folks. Peace & health to Us All.
What a powerful scene. McGoohan had a mystique about him, a graceful manner in everything he did; the way he put out his cigarette, turned the pages of the newspaper. Such an intense actor.
Patrick was such a fine nuanced actor, conveying so much thought and emotion with his eyes and facial expressions. Anything he appears in is worth watching.
The movie is The Hard Way (1980 film). A tv movie according to Wikipedia. John Boorman was the producer, that surprised me till I saw it as made in Ireland.
So good,.... i found out about mcgoohan by watching old columbo, he is so awesome. Ive been trying to catch all his stuff since. And van cleef is just superb in everything. They dont make movie stars like this anymore.
The foley seems a bit over the top so I looked the movie up. It is not the John Badham film that comes up first, its The Hard Way (1980 film), a British tv movie. Which explains the over the top foley. Oh the choices are fine its the sound editing that isn't. It needs more ambient sound and quieter foley to be realistic.
@@aaronleverton4221 If the budget was their it would have had better sound editing. I am not expecting miracles, just commenting on the sound and agreeing that the foley was good but the sound editing needed more time. Hey where else would you contact a hitman that drinks a lot? A pizza parlor? Not if he is Irish.
@@tectorgorch8698 : McGoohan's character in the clip was named John; I can't help thinking this just might be a retired John Drake hiding out incognito!
But which they walk away from. 4:10 What a waste of the good 'water of life'! [This clip is from a film called, "The Hard Way," from 1980. The year we graduated High School!]
Thanks for sharing this video. It features two of my favourite actors Patrick (The Prisoner) McGoohan, and Lee Van Cleef(The Bad, from The Good, Bad and Ulgy)
This scene is done so well. It drew me in completely. When you forget who you're actually watching, i.e., the actors and get totally involved in the drama, that's workin, babe, totally workin! Kudos!
L. Van C. Was an over-looked and way under-rated genius actor. He hit big in Europe but never really broke through in 'Merica. Kinda sad. However, he had a long and great career. RIP Angel Eyes.
Patrick McGoohan was an underrated British Character Actor, overlooked by Hollywood. McGoohan also played a really good antagonist in Hell Drivers (1957), a British thriller starring Stanley Baker (Zulu), Sean Connery, Herbert Lom, William Hartnell and a certain Sid James.
Whole film is excellent, a true treasure and seems a reflection of McGoohan's morals on guns and women on film. Contender for most intelligent actor on stage or screen ?
@@AndrewHeller-jn7dx First not am I male, so is my handle. BOTH parts are from Kings. Ethelred, Saxon king, Hardrede, Norwegian King. Pat did have issues. If you see enough on The Prisoner and other things he did you will fine he would not even do kissing scenes.
Mistake. Side shot showed THREE whisky glasses, the two van Cleef brought to the table and one that was already there. presumably McGoohan's prior. Next scene: Two glasses only. Oops.
The road scene from 0:05 to 0:09 is in Wicklow, Ireland near the village of Kilmacanogue. How it's changed since. Love both Lee Van Cleef and Patrick McGoohan in everything they do.
When Patrick McGoohan tells somebody he's done, he resigned, he quit....It becomes a life quest. I'm sure i'm not alone in seeing the deeper meanings portrayed by his strength of character. It's almost that of a super hero yet comming from a regular mortal who means what he says and does what he believes is right....for him.
The Hard Way (1980 film) British TV movie with John Boorman producing. Seems to have been shot in Ireland and the studio is now called Ardman and best known for its animation. I looked up the film but the first try was a John Badham film with the wrong cast.
Patrick McGoohan never kissed any of the lovely actresses when he played John Drake in Dangerman. It was in his contract. At that time I believe he was the highest paid actor on British television.
Well he created and wrote a lot of it so of course he was right for it. Great series. I just wish he wrote a better finish. He seems to have had a real problem writing it and then rushed it because he was out of time. The identity of Number One makes no sense at all.
Born Clarence Leroy Van Cleef Jr. The Van Cleef family of New Jersey, Lee's family, have a strange history. According to the book "Weird NJ". he was a descendant of the Morris County Van Cleefs who were infamous in the area for their strange living and "procreational" efforts. In fact, one trait that Lee had was that he had one green eye and one blue eye. According to the book, "this telltale characteristic was corrected in the movies with colored contact lenses".
R.I.P to 2 brilliant actors Patrick Mcgoohan and Lee Van Cleef. They will always live through their magnificent work.
Just saw Lee in an old "Cheyenne" episode, "Trouble Street," also starring James Coburn. Imagine those two voices together with Clint Walker's!
Loved McGoohan in "Ice Station Zebra," in which he acted while on leave from "The Prisoner."
@@KutWrite McGoohan was great in The Quare Fellow too. A marvellous actor.
A superb and convincing Patrick McGoohan, as usual. The same for Lee Van Cleef, an actor absolutely underrated by the star system.
Movies, then TV, now streaming... so many opportunities, so you need a lot of actors. Especially character actors, who make stories work. Even back in 1980... so much going on.
Nobody plays better bad guts than CPAs (Van Cleef and Jack Elam were both CPAs. Edgar Buchanan was a Dentist who kept his license active even while acting and he played comedy parts).
True for both Actors, who always were brilliant.
He became a star,end of story,you plonker.
@@riley-arr-g Underrated means they deserved more success and notoriety.
Two of my favorite actors together, and I've never seen this clip before now. I am astonished.
Watch the movie, it's on here. Very good.
Patrick McGoohan is one of my all time favourite actors. Nobody even knows who he is, but I am one of the few who has seen his gold shine and knows.
Most people the days don't know about The Prisoner, and it's a shame. It's like Twin Peaks: a one off. Nothing else will ever be like it, and it was enormously influential on later shows. McGoohan is 100% of the reason it was so damn good too
The Prisoner was one of the greatest premonition tv shows ever..
I've seen him in 3 or 4 Columbo episodes, so, I know him pretty well. Good actor, he played very different roles in these films, and played them all well. Not sure about this scene though, Lee van Cleef really outpaces him here.
First time I watched him was in a Disney movie, "The Three Lives of Thomasina. I love the Prisoner. I went to see Braveheart wanting to see him and didn't recognize him so I had to go back for a second time to find out he was the king. Great performance. ❤😊
I think he was the highest paid actor in the UK during the time of Danger Man. Very intelligent guy
It's all fun and games until he asks:
- Why you going under the name of Bill Carson right now?
"It's as good a name as any other!"
How's your digestion now!!?
"Word's around you had a visitor, and Baker knows it. Name of Jackson."
"I've resigned. My life is my own."
"Well, Jackson was here, or Baker's got it all wrong."
"He's not wrong. Who is Number 1!?"
"That's not what I'm being paid for. I'm only interested in the name Jackson's hiding under now"
"I am not a number."
Or he says 'be seeing you"
thanks for giving me night terrors. 😖
McGoohan was a big mate of Peter Falk and appeared in 4 different episodes of Columbo.
I believe he directed a couple of those episodes as well.
@@brianfergus839 Yes, that was my understanding as well.
@@brianfergus839
I think he wrote some as well. He lived in Southern California so he was there.
As I recall a jigh rolling master spy , a political fixer lawyer, a military school commandant and a mortician with big secrets all played brilliantly
"Oh er, i almost forgot, i just have one last question i'd like to ask."
'The Hard Way' is a 1980 British action television film directed by Michael Dryhurst and starring Patrick McGoohan, Lee Van Cleef and Edna O'Brien. A professional hitman is forced to do one last job. Good movie. ~ Be Safe out there folks. Peace & health to Us All.
yeah THERE is a PLOT that HAS NEVER BEEN TOLD BEFORE.
Made in Ireland in 1979. Great movie, my dad played the detective on the walkie talkie at Dublin Airport.
I've never seen it, but now I have to find it!
@@henryhernandez7281 It is worth seeing. Be Regards
@@martinmcdonald4207 Very cool. Best Regards
What a powerful scene. McGoohan had a mystique about him, a graceful manner in everything he did; the way he put out his cigarette, turned the pages of the newspaper. Such an intense actor.
"I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own!"
Two of my favourite actors in one scene, never thought I'd see that..
Yes !
Please, the title of the movie.
@@MilesNauticus I think it's called the Hard Way
Sheer class. Both actors had huge screen presence.
What a remarkable and distinctive voice ! Lee Van Cleef , you beauty .
Wow. Just wow. The Prisoner and the Angel Eyes opposite each other.
Have to watch this one immediately.
I can't help but always see Angel Eyes whenever Lee Van Cleef is on screen in any film he was in.
For me, it's George out of 'George and Mildred', the seventies sitcom.
Col. Douglas Mortimer for me
Funny, I always see Lee van Cleef the character actor...playing.. a..character.
@@stephencarter7266
I suppose sometimes. He was very solid in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Angel Eyes and Longshanks 😲
Steinmetz!
"Columbo" Identity Crisis (TV Episode 1975)?@@Hamstray
And the Master and the Prisoner. ❤
I was looking for this comment before I posted it.
Two legends!
Irish....
Nice scene-McGoohan was understated but worked brilliantly for the character.
Just that little gesture at 3:40, when he points his finger at vanCleef, I swear Lee winces as if McGoohan had pulled a knife.
And credit to the sound man, sounds like they have a microphone hidden in the ashtray and another in the newspaper 😁
Foley work I suspect. Like the door. The sound editing could have toned that down but it seems to have been on a budget as it was made for TV.
Patrick was such a fine nuanced actor, conveying so much thought and emotion with his eyes and facial expressions. Anything he appears in is worth watching.
3:47 It is amazing how McGoohan manages to make that third glass of cold tea vanish between shots. True sleight of hand skills.
Such communication; you can see the characters, thinking.......
The movie is The Hard Way (1980 film). A tv movie according to Wikipedia. John Boorman was the producer, that surprised me till I saw it as made in Ireland.
Would never expect to see No. 6 and Angel Eyes in the same scene
'Look if you won't do it I'll have to ask Snake Plisken'
Best comment ever!
"You can ask Blondie, for all I care, or Tuco, but I'm still retired"
Boriusa32 Snake and Angel Eyes working together? God help whoever they go up against!
Amazing actors, not many like them these days
Lee Van Cleef in an old Jag...what a great retro combination!
When a Patrick McGoohan character says he's resigned, there ain't nuthin' you can do to him to change his mind!
If he would at least explain WHY he resigned... then everything else would come tumbling out.
New Liam Neeson film is very similar 😊
So good,.... i found out about mcgoohan by watching old columbo, he is so awesome. Ive been trying to catch all his stuff since. And van cleef is just superb in everything. They dont make movie stars like this anymore.
Wow, this is amazing!!! Two greats together in one scene 😎👌🏻
I can't believe I've never seen this movie. The classic foley work alone is worth the money! 🙂
The TWANG on the door at the end.... priceless.
The foley seems a bit over the top so I looked the movie up. It is not the John Badham film that comes up first, its The Hard Way (1980 film), a British tv movie. Which explains the over the top foley. Oh the choices are fine its the sound editing that isn't. It needs more ambient sound and quieter foley to be realistic.
@@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv A retired hitman is having an unwanted conversation in his local pub with a former associate and you want realism?
@@aaronleverton4221
If the budget was their it would have had better sound editing. I am not expecting miracles, just commenting on the sound and agreeing that the foley was good but the sound editing needed more time.
Hey where else would you contact a hitman that drinks a lot? A pizza parlor? Not if he is Irish.
@@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv It wasn't the where, it was the "retired".
I am always gripped by this scene. Adore it, really. One of my favorite movies.
Patrick McGhoohan would have made a James Bond that would live in our memories in the same way that Sean Connery did.
You're so right. I always thought Danger Man deserved a feature.
@@tectorgorch8698 : McGoohan's character in the clip was named John; I can't help thinking this just might be a retired John Drake hiding out incognito!
He turned down the role.
Twice!
He did not want it and his prudery about women might have been a large part of that.
@@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv
Not prudery; chivalry.
These actors were pure class and not a single modern actor can touch this….
They were humongous whiskies...
Hey...it.s Ireland
But which they walk away from. 4:10 What a waste of the good 'water of life'!
[This clip is from a film called, "The Hard Way," from 1980. The year we graduated High School!]
@@williamneal9076 Mcgoohans undrunk glass is symbolic of the entire exchange.
@@brianfergus839 nicely noticed
One of my two favorite actors, Patrick McGoohan and Claude Raines! 👍👍
Ha. Singular.
I thought it looked like snow.
The guy with a mustache looks like a Ninja
Lee VanCleef is awesome! Loved him in Escape from New York!!
Lee Van Cleef was always the master of making dramatic entrances, without saying a single word, he could cut diamonds with his piercing glare.
I'm was too obsessed by the magic glass of whiskey that suddenly appears then disappears.
Stop focusing on the whiskey ;-)
Never noticed that. Too focused on the actors and the tension.
He took one with him - hid it under his overcoat. It's Irish Whiskey, after all.......
Two great actors! The Prisoner and Angel Eyes.😊
Thanks for sharing this video. It features two of my favourite actors Patrick (The Prisoner) McGoohan, and Lee Van Cleef(The Bad, from The Good, Bad and Ulgy)
This scene is done so well. It drew me in completely. When you forget who you're actually watching, i.e., the actors and get totally involved in the drama, that's workin, babe, totally workin! Kudos!
L. Van C.
Was an over-looked and way under-rated genius actor.
He hit big in Europe but never really broke through in 'Merica.
Kinda sad.
However, he had a long and great career.
RIP Angel Eyes.
Patrick McGoohan was an underrated British Character Actor, overlooked by Hollywood. McGoohan also played a really good antagonist in Hell Drivers (1957), a British thriller starring Stanley Baker (Zulu), Sean Connery, Herbert Lom, William Hartnell and a certain Sid James.
He was born in NY and his parents were Irish so I am claiming him for the Irish Americans. Otherwise totally agree with your comment. Cheers!
Not in Zulu..
@@jamesmoore1456 check your facts: Stanley Baker co-starred in Zulu (1964) alongside Michael Caine.
Yor right is miss read your comments..baker was great in Zulu....apologies
Patrick McGoohan was the first actor offered the role of James Bond, but turned it down.
An acting gunfight!
Superb film I have it saved to watch again and again
Whole film is excellent, a true treasure and seems a reflection of McGoohan's morals on guns and women on film.
Contender for most intelligent actor on stage or screen ?
💯
He seems to have a prude about women in film. Otherwise I fully agree.
@@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv
NOT a prude; a Gentleman; but, to you, a fast, loose gal; u wouldn't know.
@@AndrewHeller-jn7dx
First not am I male, so is my handle. BOTH parts are from Kings. Ethelred, Saxon king, Hardrede, Norwegian King.
Pat did have issues. If you see enough on The Prisoner and other things he did you will fine he would not even do kissing scenes.
@@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv Not issues, just happily married and principled.
Two great actors.
Mistake. Side shot showed THREE whisky glasses, the two van Cleef brought to the table and one that was already there. presumably McGoohan's prior. Next scene: Two glasses only. Oops.
Thanks somehow I missed "The Hard Way"looks fantastic. wonder if any streaming service has it.
The actors before the stars
Well put! 👏 👏 👏
Colonel Douglas Mortimer and John Drake…awesome!
Two GREAT actors!
Loved Patrick McGoohan. I'm so old I remember him as Danger Man before the prisoner.
The Good, The Better, The Best.
“Just one more score, John! JUST ONE MORE BIG SCOOOOAAAAARRRRRR!”
The road scene from 0:05 to 0:09 is in Wicklow, Ireland near the village of Kilmacanogue. How it's changed since. Love both Lee Van Cleef and Patrick McGoohan in everything they do.
FWIW the whole thing is available here on YT. A quick search if it isn't already in your feed from watching this.
Good movie - available on YT if you look hard enough.
When Patrick McGoohan tells somebody he's done, he resigned, he quit....It becomes a life quest. I'm sure i'm not alone in seeing the deeper meanings portrayed by his strength of character. It's almost that of a super hero yet comming from a regular mortal who means what he says and does what he believes is right....for him.
There’s something about Lee van clef: I think the word is gravitas. But he’ll always be “the bad”.
Longshanks and Angel Eyes!!!!! Scary duo there!
I think Van Cleef was born with a mustache. These guys are about as gentlemanly bad ass as they come. Both are charismatically iconic.
Great comment. He was born to play roles like this.
Love both of these actors. Legends.
I’ve never seen this before. I don’t even know the movie title, yet.
But wow McGoohan just KILLED that scene. Killed in a positive way. 👏
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The Hard Way (1980 film) British TV movie with John Boorman producing. Seems to have been shot in Ireland and the studio is now called Ardman and best known for its animation. I looked up the film but the first try was a John Badham film with the wrong cast.
@@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv Actually, Ardmore studios. Aardman is in Bristol.
Whenever Lee Van Cleef ordered "two whiskies" bar tenders used to get crazy generous. LOL
That is what I call a whiskey, no measures in that inn
Lee Van Cleef is the man. One of Somerville's finest, and Patrick McGoohan is one of the few that could hold his own with him.
Patrick McGoohan never kissed any of the lovely actresses when he played John Drake in Dangerman. It was in his contract. At that time I believe he was the highest paid actor on British television.
In his first shot, Patrick looks an awful lot like Richard Burton!
"Why did you resign?"
"Find another president."
Never knew they appeared together in a film!
What a great scene!
He's been in so many things but he absolutely peeked in braveheart as the tyrant King.
John Drake & Angel Eyes! Wow! Just WOW!
That feeling when the foley is super loud.
Two consummate actors in an excellent movie.
Awesome actor " iam not a number!.f that was a while ago😮
Patrick in the prisoner TV show was exceptional and the right pick for that part.
Well he created and wrote a lot of it so of course he was right for it. Great series. I just wish he wrote a better finish. He seems to have had a real problem writing it and then rushed it because he was out of time. The identity of Number One makes no sense at all.
2 outstanding actors.
There were three glasses on the table and then there were two? Are they perfectly in line in the parting shot?
Respect to both!
just watched the whole movie on youtube. terrific.
Well said. Welcome to the one per cent club.
I don’t owe you a damn thing!
2 giants, i need to see this film
@AMT: Wow ! Thank you for posting that.
Where did the 3rd whiskey on the table go when Patrick walked out?
Continuity cock up!
Film looks interesting though ~ 2 amazing actors.
@@hapijen4828good catch👍
what was the movie
Both of these guys were the Best.
I'd never noticed before how much alike Lee Van Cleef and Ron Pember are.
The Hard Way 1979
Thank you
The foley audio work is so discernible it’s distracting.
Great acting, especially McGoohan!
Born Clarence Leroy Van Cleef Jr. The Van Cleef family of New Jersey, Lee's family, have a strange history. According to the book "Weird NJ". he was a descendant of the Morris County Van Cleefs who were infamous in the area for their strange living and "procreational" efforts. In fact, one trait that Lee had was that he had one green eye and one blue eye. According to the book, "this telltale characteristic was corrected in the movies with colored contact lenses".
Is this a case of youtube editing or was the movie edited this way? Performances were great but the cuts were jarring.
Two great actors…in a scene we’ve only seen 100,000 times before.😂
Patrick McGoohan, un génie ❤🙏
What brilliant acting (2:13):
'You're the best'
'NOT any more'
Just looking at McGoohan's face ...you'd better believe it.
(Man, he's 60!)
lol
The Hard Way (1980 film) and Pat was born in 1928 so he would have been 52.
Wade Garrett's the best.
Damn , that look when he entered the bar , that was angel eyes .
I will forever remember Lee for Angel eyes and Col.Mortimer!
What happened to the third glass of whiskey?
What film is this, please?
The Hard Way.
This seems so tame after watching Ben Kingsley's Don Logan in Sexy Beast.
Hope thie turns up on Talking Pictures TV
Holy crap! This is brilliant.