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With Patrick McGoohan, Ronald Radd, Patricia Jessel, Peter Wyngarde. Inspired by a large chess game with people taking the place of the game pieces, Number Six formulates a new escape plan with some compatriots.
- (838)
- Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- Don Chaffey
- 1968-08-17
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mystery. 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.
- (512)
- September 30, 1967
The Butler is following the game from the balcony of the Green Dome, apparently mimicking each move on a standard chess board in front of him. Is he doing this just for his own entertainment? Could he be conducting his own psychological analysis of the participants based on their moves?
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Number Six is persuaded to participate, as the white queen's pawn, in an oversized game of chess using people as pieces. A rebellious rook (Number Fifty-eight) is taken to the Hospital for "evaluation". After the game is completed, Number Six talks with the Chess Master (Number Fourteen), who comments that one can tell who is a prisoner and who a g...
Cast
1. Patrick McGoohan as The Prisoner
Crew
1. Written by Gerald Kelsey 2. Script Editor: George Markstein 3. Produced by David Tomblin 4. Directed by Don Chaffey 5. Executive Producer: Patrick McGoohan 6. Production Manager: Bernard Williams 7. Director of Photography: Brendan J. StaffordB.S.C. 8. Art Director: Jack Shampan 9. Camera Operator: Jack Lowin 10. Editor: Lee Doig 11. Theme by Ron Grainer 12. Cameraman (2nd Unit): Robert Monks 13. Assistant Director: Gino Marotta 14. Sound Editor: Clive Smith 15. Sound Recordist: John Brama...
"Checkmate" was the third episode to be produced, with "Free for All"the second. As in the prior episode Number Six states he intends to find out "who are the prisoners and who are the warders", it could be inferred that in "Checkmate" he is belatedly putting this plan into action. As this was an early episode in production, there is a reference in...
Audio/visual unsynchronised
1. When No 6 tries to knock out the spotlight, he throws one of the guards off the top of the tower. As can be seen in the title sequence and overhead shots, the tower is up on a hill, a bit inland, and quite high. However, we hear a splash shortly after the guard goes over the edge. They could have landed in a hidden moat or pond.
Revealing mistakes
1. No 6 ticks people off on a chess article. However, it is clearly pasted onto another newspaper, as the paper is a different colour to the surrounding articles, which discuss Kidderminster and road deaths in the UK. 2. The conspirators are supposed to meet at "moon set". However, when Rook paddles out on the raft, the reflection of the Moon can clearly be seen on the sea. (Probably actually the sun, since the night shots were filmed at day through a filter.)
Apart from the obvious metaphor that life is a game of chess, the episode deals with conformity and pressures to conform, particularly peer pressure. Parallels have been drawn with the Milgram experiment, Asch conformity experiments and the Stanford prison experiment. Similar techniques are used to make Number 6 conform, hoping he will reveal the s...
The original title was to be "The Queen's Pawn", a play on the fact that Number Six had recently been in "Her Majesty's service." At the beginning of the episode, the lawn is seen uncovered by chessboard squares; a few moments later, it is shown as the chessboard.The chessboard remained in place for a week during September 1966 during filming of th...
White, Matthew (1988). The Official Prisoner Companion. London: Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN 0-283-99598-X.Template:Imdb episode1. Arrival. An agent finds himself imprisoned in a village from which there is no escape. 2. The Chimes of Big Ben. Number Six gets a new neighbour, Nadia, who turns out to be as rebellious as...
Nov 9, 2017 · The Prisoner: Checkmate. by. APPC: Pilot Season. Publication date. 2017-11-09. Topics. Podcast. Item Size. 100044009. As we continue our break from music we dive deep into Checkmate the third episode on our list of The Prisoner episodes.
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Drama · Mystery · Sci-Fi. Inspired by a large chess game with people taking the place of the game pieces, Number 6 formulates a new escape plan with some compatriots. Audio Languages: English. Subtitles: English. Starring: Patrick McGoohan Angelo Muscat Peter Swanwick. Directed by: Don Chaffey.
