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The Prisoner

72% | Apr 19, 1955 | Drama

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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Peter Glenville
Director
Bridget Boland
Writer

Cast

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Alec Guinness
The Cardinal
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Jack Hawkins
The Interrogator
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Wilfrid Lawson
The Jailer
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Kenneth Griffith
The Secretary

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