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The Prisoner

  • TV Series
  • 1967–19681967–1968
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 50m
IMDb RATING
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After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only t... Read allAfter resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.

IMDb RATING
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14K
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78
  • Creator
    • Patrick McGoohan
  • Stars
    • Patrick McGoohan
    • Angelo Muscat
    • Peter Swanwick
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  • Creator
    • Patrick McGoohan
  • Stars
    • Patrick McGoohan
    • Angelo Muscat
    • Peter Swanwick
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    • 134User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

    Episodes17

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    The Prisoner: Free For All
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    The Prisoner: Free For All
    The Prisoner: The Complete Series
    Trailer 1:04
    The Prisoner: The Complete Series
    Prisoner, The: The Arrival
    Trailer 1:14
    Prisoner, The: The Arrival

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    Patrick McGoohan
    Patrick McGoohan
    • Number Sixas Number Six…
    17 episodes17 eps • 1967–1968
    Angelo Muscat
    • The Butleras The Butler
    14 episodes14 eps • 1967–1968
    Peter Swanwick
    Peter Swanwick
    • Supervisoras Supervisor…
    8 episodes8 eps • 1967–1968
    Peter Brace
    Peter Brace
    • 1st Guardianas 1st Guardian…
    4 episodes4 eps • 1967
    Leo McKern
    Leo McKern
    • Number Twoas Number Two…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1967–1968
    Christopher Benjamin
    Christopher Benjamin
    • Labour Exchange Manageras Labour Exchange Manager…
    4 episodes4 eps • 1967–1968
    Michael Miller
    • Man in Buggyas Man in Buggy…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1967–1968
    Alexis Kanner
    Alexis Kanner
    • Chief's voiceas Chief's voice…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1967–1968
    Bill Cummings
    Bill Cummings
    • Henchmanas Henchman…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1967–1968
    Frank Maher
    • Number Sixas Number Six…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1967–1968
    Patrick Cargill
    Patrick Cargill
    • Number Twoas Number Two…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1967
    Colin Gordon
    Colin Gordon
    • Number Twoas Number Two
    2 episodes2 eps • 1967
    Kenneth Griffith
    Kenneth Griffith
    • Number Twoas Number Two…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1968
    Georgina Cookson
    Georgina Cookson
    • Blonde Ladyas Blonde Lady…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1967
    John Cazabon
    John Cazabon
    • Man in Caveas Man in Cave…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1967–1968
    Harold Berens
    • Boxing M.C.as Boxing M.C.…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1967–1968
    Bee Duffell
    • 2nd Psychiatristas 2nd Psychiatrist…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1967
    John Maxim
    • Number Eighty Sixas Number Eighty Six…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1967–1968
    • Creator
      • Patrick McGoohan
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    Storyline

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    After resigning, a British secret agent is abducted by a mysterious organisation and relocated to a town known simply as The Village. The aim is to get him to provide secret information but he refuses. What follows is a battle of wits and wills as the agent seeks to escape and his captors try all sorts of means to obtain the information they want. —grantss
    • 1960s
    • prison
    • secret
    • number
    • british
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    • Taglines
      • No Man Is Just A Number.
    • Genres
      • Drama
      • Mystery
      • Sci-Fi
    • Certificate
      • TV-PG
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The Prisoner was filmed in the North Wales resort village of Portmeirion over the course of a year. Patrick McGoohan was inspired to film his series there after filming a couple of Danger Man (1960) episodes in the village.
    • Goofs
      In the opening sequence, the letter X is typed across the prisoner's photograph, but the typewriter typebar for the letter H is moving. The typebar for the letter X is at the far right of the frame.
    • Quotes

      Number 6: I will not make any deals with you. I've resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

    • Crazy credits
      The episode "Fall Out" begins with a special dedication to Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, acknowledging him and the Hotel Portmeirion on screen before the title "Fall Out" appears.
    • Alternate versions
      In the recent re-run of the series on the Horror channel in the U.K. whenever anyone is attacked by Rover, the screen simply changes to a swirling vortex. When shown originally, the victim's face was pressed into Rover's 'skin'
    • Connections
      Edited into Derrick contre Superman (1992)

    User reviews134

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    Top review
    Still unique, alas.
    Unfortunately, when you see see The Prisoner for the first time at an early age it tends to spoil television for the rest of your life. I was thirteen when I saw it in 1968, and for more than thirty years I keep hoping to find TV shows (and movies and books) that will give me the same rush of seeing vast, unexpected and unexplained vistas for the very first time. Too, too rare. Virtually non-existent. For The Prisoner didn't just present a new 'twist' (rare enough), it was a whole new world, with a wildly different culture, environment and rules, only gradually comprehended, if at all. And yet, strangely, it is more like the "real" world than any other television program, even the news, because The Prisoner doesn't explain itself, it just happens. If YOU want to know what's going on, figure it out for yourself... if you can. You might be right, you might be wrong, but if simplistic explanations are your comfort, you almost certainly WILL be wrong. Just like explorers of old. Just like real life. Though with the increasing homogenization of the world, real life is becoming, alas, more like television.
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    • Jul 2, 2000

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    • What's written on the envelope Number Six slaps down on the desk?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 1, 1968 (United States)
    • Languages
      • Russian
      • German
      • Romany
      • Spanish
      • French
      • Polish
    • Also known as
      • Nummer 6
    • Filming locations
      • Portmeirion, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
    • Production companies
      • Everyman Films
      • Incorporated Television Company (ITC)
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    • Runtime
      50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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