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The Prisoner

19551h 35m7.2/ 10 · TMDB · 24 votes
Drama

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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Directed by Peter Glenville

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness

The Cardinal

Jack Hawkins
Jack Hawkins

The Interrogator

Wilfrid Lawson
Wilfrid Lawson

The Jailer

Kenneth Griffith
Kenneth Griffith

The Secretary

Jeanette Sterke
Jeanette Sterke

The Girl

Ronald Lewis
Ronald Lewis

The Guard

Raymond Huntley
Raymond Huntley

The General

Mark Dignam
Mark Dignam

The Governor

Gerard Heinz
Gerard Heinz

The Doctor

Percy Herbert
Percy Herbert

Soldier (uncredited)

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Film details

Released19 Apr 1955
Original languageEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom
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Oscar Quitak
Oscar Quitak

Cafe Waiter (uncredited)

Denis Shaw
Denis Shaw

Plainclothesman (uncredited)