“Checkmate”
Directed by Don Chaffey • 1967 • United Kingdom
Starring Patrick McGoohan, Ronald Radd, Patricia Jessel
Inspired by a large chess board with people taking the place of the game pieces, Number Six formulates a new escape plan with some compatriots.
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THE PRISONER: Episode 10
“Hammer into Anvil”
Directed by Pat Jackson • 1967 • United Kingdom
Starring Patrick McGoohan, Patrick Cargill, Victor MaddernNumber Six vows revenge and goes after a sadistic Number Two after he drives a fellow Village resident to her death.
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THE PRISONER: Episode 11
“It’s Your Funeral”
Directed by Robert Asher • 1967 • United Kingdom
Starring Patrick McGoohan, Derren Nesbitt, Annette AndreNumber Six hears of an assassination plot against Number Two, but it’s the new Number Two doing all the plotting against the retiring Number Two.
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THE PRISONER: Episode 12
“A Change of Mind”
Directed by Patrick McGoohan • 1967 • United Kingdom
Starring Patrick McGoohan, Angela Browne, John SharpAfter a brawl, Number Six is declared “unmutual” and is made to think that he has undergone “instant social treatment.”
