A secret agent resigns from a high-security organization, but he is then abducted and awakens to find himself imprisoned in a village from which there is no escape.
To avenge the death of a persecuted girl, the Prisoner tricks Number Two into believing that he was brought to the Village as an informer.
In a plan to discredit him, the Prisoner is tricked into discovering an assassination plot against Number Two.
After a brawl, Number Six is declared "unmutual" and is made to think that he has undergone "instant social treatment."
The Prisoner awakens in his London home to discover that his mind and personality have been transmitted into another man's body.
The Prisoner finds himself in a Western township called Harmony where he is tricked into taking the job of sheriff.
Back in London, a lovely but lethal woman lures Number Six through a gamut of ingenious assassination attempts.
Number Two uses ruthless, continuous interrogation in a desperate attempt to learn why Number 6 resigned.
The Prisoner faces the court of the village, where the resuscitated Number 2 confronts the man who defeated him.
Number Six and his rebellious new neighbour, Number Eight, plot their escape from The Village amidst the arrival of an arts and crafts show.
In an effort to determine why he resigned, Number Six finds himself being the subject of an experiment to manipulate his dreams.
Number Six accepts the challenge to stand for election as the new Number Two, but he discovers that even being a candidate for this position offers him no freedom of speech.
Empathetic Number 24 is Number Six's only hope of saving himself from a scheme to split his personality using electronic hypnotism.
Number Six attempts to learn the identity of a mysterious unseen figure who is controlling a subliminal learning process, a new brainwashing scheme masquerading as an educational as an educatio...Read More
The Prisoner escapes, returns to London and scours the world to find the village to corroborate his story.
After an unsuccessful attempt to send a message to the outside world, the Prisoner is put on trial amid the gaiety of a carnival.
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.