The Prisoner (1955)

The Prisoner
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  • Genre: Drama
  • Running time: 95 min
  • Premiere: 19th of April 1955

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
as The Cardinal
Jack Hawkins
as The Interrogator
Mark Dignam
as The Governor
Ronald Lewis
as The Guard
Wilfrid Lawson
as The Jailer
Percy Herbert
as Soldier (uncredited)
Oscar Quitak
as Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
Kenneth Griffith
as The Secretary
Raymond Huntley
as The General
Gerard Heinz
as The Doctor

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