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The Prisoner ()

Directed by Don Chaffey, Peter Graham Scott, David Tomblin

Overview

The Prisoner is a 1967 British science fiction-allegorical television series about an unidentified British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village, where his captors try to find out why he abruptly resigned from his job. It was created by Patrick McGoohan and George Markstein with McGoohan playing the main role of Number Six. Episodes covered various plots from spy fiction with elements of science fiction, allegory and psychological drama. It was produced by Everyman Films for distribution by Lew Grade’s ITC Entertainment company.

Length 850 minutes

Actors

Patrick McGoohan | Peter Swanwick | Fenella Fielding | Denis Shaw | Angelo Muscat