The Prisoner 1967
Created by Patrick McGoohan, George Markstein
- Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery
- 60 min episodes
- 1 season
- 17 episodes
- Ended
- TV-PG
No man is just a number.
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.
DramaSci-Fi & FantasyMysterysmall townkidnappingtrappedorwellianITV1
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Character
Grave, open-ended, earnest and bleak.
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Patrick McGoohanNumber Six
Crew
- Patrick McGoohanCreator
- George MarksteinCreator
- Patrick McGoohanProducer
- David TomblinProducer
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Seasons
- Series 117 eps · 1967
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