The Prisoner is a British television series created by Patrick McGoohan, with possible contributions from George Markstein. McGoohan portrays Number Six...
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A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage...
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The prisoner's dilemma is a game theory thought experiment involving two rational agents, each of whom can either cooperate for mutual benefit or betray...
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restraint. The term usually applies to one serving a sentence in prison. "Prisoner" is a legal term for a person who is imprisoned. In section 1 of the Prison...
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Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a 2004 fantasy film directed by Alfonso Cuarón from a screenplay by Steve Kloves. It is based on the 1999 novel...
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and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a fantasy novel written by the British author J. K. Rowling. It is the third instalment in the Harry Potter series. The novel...
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"The Prisoner of Benda" is the tenth episode in the sixth season of the American animated television series Futurama, and the 98th episode of the series...
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The Prisoner of Zenda is an 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope, in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable...
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1 August 2024, the United States and Russia conducted the most extensive prisoner exchange since the end of the Cold War, involving the release of twenty-six...
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political prisoner is someone imprisoned for their political activity. The political offense is not always the official reason for the prisoner's detention...
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of all inmates of the fictitious Wentworth Detention Centre in the television series Prisoner, known as Prisoner: Cell Block H in the United States and...
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prisoner or inmate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A prisoner is someone incarcerated in a prison, jail or similar facility. Prisoner(s) or The Prisoner(s)...
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British criminal, with a violent and notorious life as a prisoner. He has spent periods detained in the Rampton, Broadmoor, and Ashworth high-security psychiatric...
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A prisoner exchange or prisoner swap is a deal between opposing sides in a conflict to release prisoners: prisoners of war, spies, hostages, etc. Sometimes...
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motive. Age of X-Man: Prisoner X, a 2019 comic book, part of the Age of X-Man crossover Prisoner X, a 2014 book by Rafael Epstein Prisoner X, a 2015 Canadian...
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The Spanish Prisoner is a 1997 American neo-noir suspense film, written and directed by David Mamet and starring Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca...
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Prisoner of the Caucasus (also translated Captive in the Caucasus) may refer to: The Prisoner of the Caucasus (poem) (Кавказский пленник; translit. Kavkazskiy...
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The Spanish Prisoner is a confidence trick originating by at least the early 19th century, as Eugène François Vidocq described in his memoirs. In its original...
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plot device from the 1967 British television programme The Prisoner, and was a crucial tool used to keep 'prisoners' from escaping the Village. It was...
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A prisoner in the Vatican (Italian: Prigioniero nel Vaticano; Latin: Captivus Vaticani) or prisoner of the Vatican described the situation of the pope...
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The Prisoner of Chillon is a 392-line narrative poem by Lord Byron. Written in 1816, it chronicles the imprisonment of a Genevois monk, François Bonivard...
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prisoners killed at Abu Ghraib due to insurgent mortar attacks, which provoked further criticism due to the facility's location in a combat zone. The...
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The American Prisoner is a British novel written by Eden Phillpotts and published in 1904 and adapted into a film by the same name in 1929. The story...
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Stanford prison experiment (redirect from Prisoner experiment)
to prevent prisoners from escaping. The experiment started officially when "prisoners" were arrested by real police of Palo Alto. During the next five...
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Doctor Prisoner (Korean: 닥터 프리즈너; RR: Dagteo Peulijeuneo) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Namkoong Min, Kwon Nara, Choi Won-young and...
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The rights of civilian and military prisoners are governed by both national and international law. International conventions include the International...
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The Prisoner is the seventh Herbie Hancock album, recorded in 1969 and released in January 1970 for the Blue Note label, his final project for the label...
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Prisoner (known internationally as Prisoner: Cell Block H and Caged Women) is an Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson, and was produced by the...
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The Prisoner is a 2009 six-part television miniseries based on the 1960s series. The series concerns a man who awakens in a mysterious, picturesque, but...
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Prisoner of the Night is an album by Dutch hard rock band Golden Earring, released in 1980. In the US, the album was titled Long Blond Animal. All songs...
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