April 19, 1955
95 minutes
Drama
The Prisoner
A cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. He is a popular hero of his people, for his resistance against the Nazis during the war and his resistance when his country again fell to a totalitarian conqueror. In prison, his interrogator is determined to extract a confession of guilt, and thus destroy his power over his people.
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Cast
Alec Guinness
(The Cardinal)
Jack Hawkins
(The Interrogator)
Wilfrid Lawson
(The Jailer)
Kenneth Griffith
(The Secretary)
Jeanette Sterke
(The Girl)
Ronald Lewis
(The Guard)
Raymond Huntley
(The General)
Mark Dignam
(The Governor)
Gerard Heinz
(The Doctor)
Percy Herbert
(Soldier (uncredited))
Oscar Quitak
(Cafe Waiter (uncredited))
Denis Shaw
(Plainclothesman (uncredited))
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