The Prisoner
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7.2A 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.
Released: 1955-04-1995 minDir: Peter GlenvilleDrama
Cast
- Alec Guinness as The Cardinal
- Jack Hawkins as The Interrogator
- Wilfrid Lawson as The Jailer
- Kenneth Griffith as The Secretary
- Jeanette Sterke as The Girl
- Ronald Lewis as The Guard
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Key dates
- Published
- 20 February 1959
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Peter Glenville
- Screenwriter
- Bridget Boland
- Cast member
- Wilfrid Lawson
- Composer
- Benjamin Frankel
- Cinematographer
- Reginald Wyer
- Filming location
- Pinewood Studios