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The Prisoner (1955)

Directed by Peter Glenville

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.

Length 95 minutes

Actors

Alec Guinness | Jack Hawkins | Wilfrid Lawson | Kenneth Griffith | Jeanette Sterke | Ronald Lewis | Raymond Huntley | Mark Dignam | Gerard Heinz | Percy Herbert | Oscar Quitak | Denis Shaw