The Prisoner

The Prisoner1955

Stars: Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Wilfrid Lawson, Kenneth Griffith
Genre: Drama
Rating: NOT RATED
Runtime: 91 minutes

The Prisoner is a 17-episode British TV series first broadcast in Canada beginning on 6 September 1967, then in the UK on 29 September 1967, and in the US on 1 June 1968. It stars and was co-created by Patrick McGoohan, and combines spy fiction with… more »



The Interrogator:
You fake! The hero of the resistance who outwitted the Gestapo for his own vanity. The martyr for the Church whose only resistance is for his own pride. His Eminence, the Cardinal, who could steal the estimation of the world to justify a miserable little tyke of a backstreet drab who smelt of fish!

The Cardinal:
Forgiveness!

The Interrogator:
Did you preach forgiveness up there in your fine pulpit, forgiveness for those who stole?

The Cardinal:
Of course.

The Interrogator:
Didn't they have to give back what they'd stolen?

The Cardinal:
How can you give back honor?

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