Number Six wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.Number Six wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.Number Six wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.
John Clifford
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Dave Griffiths
- Passerby
- (uncredited)
Peter Madden
- Undertaker in opening sequence
- (uncredited)
Alan Meacham
- Milkman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Anthony Skene
- Patrick McGoohan(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen Number 6 asks Mrs Butterworth 'What's the date?' She replies Saturday March 18th, to which he replies 'Tomorrow is my birthday' March 19th is actually Patrick McGoohan's real birthday.
- GoofsDuring the fight scene on the boat, wrinkles are clearly visible in the backdrop that is supposed to be a foggy sky.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Mrs. Butterworth: [walking in with a birthday cake] Many happy returns.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Prisoner: Dance of the Dead (1967)
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No way out
Number 6 awakens to a Village with no life or sound; an utter ghost town. No one around to demand secrets and no Rover to guard the beaches; nothing to do but let jailbreak commence!
A prize-winning setup if ever one existed, and escape charges the whole thing. It hits the ground running with Number 6 flowing out to see, battling pirates, washing ashore and even stumbling his way back to his London flat. Now, if 'The Chimes of Big Ben' taught us anything, it's that escape is an illusion. But the journey sure is fun.
So much happens here that there's never really time for the episode to catch its breath. We learn - supposedly - the location of the Village ("Coast of Morocco, southwest of Portugal and Spain." "Might be an island."), as well as a little more of Number 6's resourcefulness. Not only does he fashion a raft and compass, but he'd also fully built his own roadster. The imagery of the deserted Village, new shorelines, the streets of London, all potent and fueling the trompe l'oeil that, holy hell, he might actually get free!
No matter how many times I see this, the moment Number 6 winds up right back in captivity is almost chilling.
10/10
A prize-winning setup if ever one existed, and escape charges the whole thing. It hits the ground running with Number 6 flowing out to see, battling pirates, washing ashore and even stumbling his way back to his London flat. Now, if 'The Chimes of Big Ben' taught us anything, it's that escape is an illusion. But the journey sure is fun.
So much happens here that there's never really time for the episode to catch its breath. We learn - supposedly - the location of the Village ("Coast of Morocco, southwest of Portugal and Spain." "Might be an island."), as well as a little more of Number 6's resourcefulness. Not only does he fashion a raft and compass, but he'd also fully built his own roadster. The imagery of the deserted Village, new shorelines, the streets of London, all potent and fueling the trompe l'oeil that, holy hell, he might actually get free!
No matter how many times I see this, the moment Number 6 winds up right back in captivity is almost chilling.
10/10
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- Beachy Head, East Sussex, England, UK(Lighthouse exterior shots and beach sequences)
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