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The Prisoner
The Prisoner: 1967–68 British allegorical spy and science-fiction series, 17 colour episodes, created by and starring Patrick McGoohan as Number Six, an agent imprisoned in 'The Village'; filmed at Portmeirion for ITC.
The Prisoner of Beauty (折腰)
The Prisoner of Beauty (折腰, Zhe Yao) is a 2025 Chinese historical romance drama adapted from Peng Lai Ke's novel, starring Song Zu'er and Liu Yuning as feuding clans joined by political marriage; 36 episodes on Tencent Video, a 2025 platform heat-record holder.
The Prisoner of the Caucasus
The Prisoner of the Caucasus (Кавказский пленник) is the title of three Russian works: poems by Pushkin (1822) and Lermontov (1828), and a story by Tolstoy (1872).
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda is Anthony Hope's 1894 adventure novel, also called 曾达的囚徒, founding the Ruritanian romance genre. Englishman Rudolf Rassendyll impersonates the drugged King of Ruritania, falls for Princess Flavia, and inspired stage and film versions including the 1937 Ronald Colman classic.
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937 film)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) is David O. Selznick's black-and-white swashbuckler directed by John Cromwell, starring Ronald Colman in a double role with Madeleine Carroll, Oscar-nominated and in the National Film Registry.
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952 film)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952), MGM Technicolor swashbuckler directed by Richard Thorpe, starring Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, James Mason; near shot-for-shot color remake of the 1937 Selznick film, same script and Alfred Newman score.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) is a Warner Bros. Technicolor historical romance directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Bette Davis as Elizabeth I and Errol Flynn as Essex, based on Maxwell Anderson's play, with five Oscar nominations.
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Rebecca Miller from her own novel, starring Robin Wright Penn as Pippa Lee.
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is an 1824 novel by the Scottish writer James Hogg, about a religious fanatic's confession of murder.
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio is a 2005 biographical drama directed by Jane Anderson, starring Julianne Moore as 1950s contest-winning mother Evelyn Ryan, adapted from Terry Ryan's memoir; it grossed $627,844 domestically.
The Problem of Verse Language
The Problem of Verse Language (Problema stikhotvornogo iazyka) is a 1924 work of literary theory by Russian Formalist Yuri Tynianov arguing that rhythm is verse's constructive factor.
The Problem We All Live With
The Problem We All Live With is Norman Rockwell's 1963 oil painting of six-year-old Ruby Bridges escorted by U.S. marshals into New Orleans's William Frantz Elementary on November 14, 1960, published in Look, January 14, 1964.
The Problem with Apu
The Problem with Apu is Hari Kondabolu's 2017 truTV documentary, directed by Michael Melamedoff, critiquing the Simpsons character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon as a harmful stereotype and examining South Asian American media representation, leading to Hank Azaria stepping down and Apu's 2026 recast return.
The Problem with Jon Stewart
The Problem with Jon Stewart: Apple TV+ current affairs series (2021-2023), also called The Problem, hosted by Jon Stewart; single-issue episodes, two seasons, 20 episodes, canceled over China and AI disputes.
The Processions
The Processions (Al-Mawākib, المواكب) is a long philosophical poem in classical Arabic by Kahlil Gibran, published at his own expense in New York in 1919.
The Proclaimers
The Proclaimers: Scottish duo of identical twins Craig and Charlie Reid (born Leith 1962), formed 1983. Known for "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", "Letter from America", "Sunshine on Leith", the 2007 musical and 2013 film, and 13 studio albums through You May Offend (2026).
The Prodigal
The Prodigal is a book-length narrative poem by the St. Lucian poet and 1992 Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, published in 2004, meditating on exile, travel, fame, death, and homecoming.
The Prodigal Son (败家仔)
The Prodigal Son (敗家仔, Bai ga jai), also released as Pull No Punches, is Sammo Hung's 1981 Hong Kong kung-fu comedy starring Yuen Biao as Wing Chun figure Leung Jan, whose father bribes opponents to lose; it won Best Action Choreography at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards.
The Prodigy
The Prodigy, English electronic band formed 5 October 1990 in Braintree, Essex, by Liam Howlett. Albums Experience, Music for the Jilted Generation, The Fat of the Land; hits Firestarter, Breathe; frontman Keith Flint died 2019; over 25 million albums sold.
The Prodigy (film)
The Prodigy is a 2019 American supernatural horror film directed by Nicholas McCarthy, starring Taylor Schilling as a mother who fears her young son is a reincarnated killer.
The Prodigy discography
The Prodigy discography: seven studio albums by the English electronic band (1992 Experience to 2018 No Tourists) on XL Recordings, plus singles Firestarter and Breathe, compilations, and live releases.
The Producer (接招吧！制作人)
The Producer (接招吧！制作人) is a 2026 Taiwanese HBO Max music-industry drama, 12 episodes, starring Yang Yu-ning and 9m88, set in the millennium-era Mandarin pop business; filmed in 2021, released 28 August 2026.
The Producers (1967 film)
The Producers (1967) is Mel Brooks's directorial debut comedy, starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder as producers overselling a surefire flop, Springtime for Hitler; it won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar and entered the National Film Registry in 1996.
The Producers (2005 film)
The Producers (2005) is Susan Stroman's film of the Mel Brooks Broadway musical, starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick as Bialystock and Bloom; it earned four Golden Globe nominations but grossed about $19 million.
The Producers (musical)
The Producers: The New Mel Brooks Musical is a 2001 Broadway musical by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, directed by Susan Stroman, based on Brooks's 1968 film; it ran 2,502 performances and won a record 12 Tony Awards.
The Producers (프로듀사) (TV series)
The Producers (프로듀사, Peurodyusa) is a 2015 KBS2 Korean variety drama, 12 episodes, May 15–June 20, 2015, written by Park Ji-Eun, starring Kim Soo-Hyun, Cha Tae-Hyun, Kong Hyo-Jin, and IU, the first drama made by KBS's entertainment division.
The Professional
The Professional (Le Professionnel, 1981) is a Georges Lautner French action thriller starring Jean-Paul Belmondo as betrayed agent Joss Beaumont, adapted from Patrick Alexander, with Ennio Morricone's "Chi Mai" theme and over five million French admissions.
The Professionals (1966 film)
The Professionals is a 1966 American Western directed by Richard Brooks, starring Burt Lancaster and Lee Marvin as soldiers of fortune hired to rescue a kidnapped woman.
The Professionals (TV series)
The Professionals is a British crime-action TV series (ITV, 1977-1983), created by Brian Clemens, about CI5 agents Bodie (Lewis Collins) and Doyle (Martin Shaw) under George Cowley (Gordon Jackson); 57 episodes, peak 17.6 million viewers.
The Professor (2018 film)
The Professor, also known as Richard Says Goodbye, is a 2018 comedy-drama film written and directed by Wayne Roberts, starring Johnny Depp as a dying professor.