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The Prize is a 1963 American spy, drama, and crime film directed by Mark Robson and produced by Pandro S. Berman. Based on a work by Irving Wallace, the screenplay was written by Ernest Lehman. The film features Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, and Diane Baker in its cast. Jerry Goldsmith composed the music, while William H. Daniels served as director of photography.
The narrative is set in Stockholm, Sweden, and explores themes including the Nobel Prize and doppelgängers. The movie has a runtime of 134 minutes and was originally released in English and German. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix, with Roxbury Productions also credited as a production company. The film was released on December 25, 1963, and is available via video on demand.
Critical reception includes a review score of 5.4 out of 10 and a 50% rating. Audience metrics list a vote average of 6.73 on TMDb and a rating of 6.8 on IMDb. The tagline describes the plot as involving a martini, a kiss, and a nightmare of danger.
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6.7A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American novelist Andrew Craig, a former literary luminary now writing pulp detective stories to earn a living. Craig, who is infamous for his drinking and womanizing, formulates a wild theory that physics prize winner Dr. Max Stratman has been replaced by an impostor, embroiling Craig and his chaperone in a Cold War kidnapping plot.
Cast
- Paul Newman as Andrew Craig
- Edward G. Robinson as Max Stratman/Walter Stratman
- Elke Sommer as Inger Lisa Andersson
- Diane Baker as Emily Stratman
- Micheline Presle as Denise Marceau
- Gérard Oury as Claude Marceau
Themes
- based on novel or book
- nobel prize
- stockholm, sweden
- author
- doppelgänger
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- German
- Director
- Mark Robson
- Screenwriter
- Ernest Lehman
- Cast member
- Sam Edwards
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Producer
- Pandro S. Berman
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- William H. Daniels
- Narrative location
- Stockholm
- Duration
- 134
- FilmAffinity ID
- 580234
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- The prize moviep.jpg
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- publication date
- 1963-01-01
- title
- The Prize
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Adrienne Fazan
- production designer
- George Davis
- after a work by
- Irving Wallace
- costume designer
- Bill Thomas
- Commons category
- The Prize (1963 film)
- review score
- 50%
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