The Prisoner
IMDB:
7.2
Released
4/19/1955
Duration
1h 35m
Genre
Drama
Country
United Kingdom
Cast
Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Wilfrid Lawson
Overview
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.
The Prisoner
IMDB:
7.2Released
4/19/1955
Genre
Drama
Cast
Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Wilfrid Lawson
Duration
1h 35m
Country
United Kingdom
Overview
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.
Cast
The Cardinal
Alec Guinness
The Interrogator
Jack Hawkins
The Jailer
Wilfrid Lawson
The Secretary
Kenneth Griffith
The Girl
Jeanette Sterke
The Guard
Ronald Lewis
The General
Raymond Huntley
The Governor
Mark Dignam
The Doctor
Gerard Heinz
Soldier (uncredited)
Percy Herbert
Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
Oscar Quitak
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
