"The Prisoner" Many Happy Returns (1967)

Director:

David Tomblin

Writer:

Anthony Skene (writer)

TV Series:

"The Prisoner" (1967)

Original Air Date:

12 November 1967 (Season 1, Episode 6)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Number 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted. |

Plot Keywords:

Raft | Gypsy | Maid | Parachute | Midget

Cast

Patrick McGoohan	...	Number Six
Donald Sinden	...	The Colonel
Patrick Cargill	...	Thorpe
Georgina Cookson	...	Mrs. Butterworth
Brian Worth	...	Group Captain
Richard Caldicot	...	Commander
Dennis Chinnery	...	Gunther
Jon Laurimore	...	Ernst
Nike Arrighi	...	Gypsy Girl
Grace Arnold	...	Maid
Larry Taylor	...	Gypsy Man

Runtime:

USA:60 min

Language:

English | German | Romany

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Beachy Head, East Sussex, England, UK

Company:

Everyman Films

Trivia:

In this episode the location of The Village is given as an island somewhere in the North Atlantic off Africa and Iberia, in contradiction with "The Chimes of Big Ben" in which it is claimed to be on the Baltic coast of Lithuania (although this is shown to just be a ruse), and with "Fall Out" in which it is shown to be within driving distance of London.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the fight scene on the boat, wrinkles are clearly visible in the backdrop that is supposed to be a foggy sky.

Quotes:

The Prisoner: [to a gypsy] Where is this?

A Personal Comment On "Many Happy Returns"

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

A personal comment on "Many Happy Returns".

In this episode, Number 6 escapes from the Village, and returns to England.

Near the end of the episode, while trying to locate the Village from a DeHavilland Meteor jet fighter, he gets "ejected" out of the aircraft and parachutes back into the Village. When I saw that the first time, my insides just died. I mean I knew he would end up back in the Village somehow. But if it had been ME descending back into that place I would have *snapped* right then and there.

Just my two cents. Be seeing you...

-Allan, aka RocKiteman, aka Kiteman-4