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The Prisoner

  • TV Series
  • 1967–19681967–1968
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 50m
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
14K
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The Prisoner (1967)
The Prisoner: Free For All
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After he resigns, 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; he only t... Read allAfter he resigns, 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; he only tries to escape.After he resigns, 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; he only tries to escape.
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
14K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,676
71
    • Patrick McGoohan
  • Stars
    • Patrick McGoohan
    • Angelo Muscat
    • Peter Swanwick
    • Patrick McGoohan
  • Stars
    • Patrick McGoohan
    • Angelo Muscat
    • Peter Swanwick
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    • 138User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews
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    The Prisoner: Free For All
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    The Prisoner: The Complete Series
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    Prisoner, The: The Arrival
    Trailer 1:14
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    Patrick McGoohan in The Prisoner (1967)
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    Duncan Macrae, Michael Nightingale, and Alan White in The Prisoner (1967)
    Patsy Smart in The Prisoner (1967)
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    Jane Merrow in The Prisoner (1967)
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    Patrick McGoohan
    Patrick McGoohan
    • Number Six…
    Angelo Muscat
    Angelo Muscat
    • The Butler
    Peter Swanwick
    Peter Swanwick
    • Supervisor…
    Peter Brace
    Peter Brace
    • 1st Guardian…
    Leo McKern
    Leo McKern
    • Number Two…
    Christopher Benjamin
    Christopher Benjamin
    • Labour Exchange Manager…
    Michael Miller
    Michael Miller
    • Man in Buggy…
    Alexis Kanner
    Alexis Kanner
    • Chief's voice…
    Bill Cummings
    Bill Cummings
    • Henchman…
    Frank Maher
    • Number Six…
    Patrick Cargill
    Patrick Cargill
    • Number Two…
    Colin Gordon
    Colin Gordon
    • Number Two
    Kenneth Griffith
    Kenneth Griffith
    • Number Two…
    Georgina Cookson
    Georgina Cookson
    • Blonde Lady…
    Harold Berens
    • Boxing M.C.…
    John Cazabon
    John Cazabon
    • Man in Cave…
    Bee Duffell
    • 2nd Psychiatrist…
    John Maxim
    • Number Eighty Six…
      • Patrick McGoohan
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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 reviews138

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    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?

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    • Release date
      • June 1, 1968 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Portmeirion, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
    • Production companies
      • Everyman Films
      • Incorporated Television Company (ITC)
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    • 50 minutes
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