The Prisoner
(1955)
Two of the Finest Performances of All Time!
Stars: Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Wilfrid Lawson, Kenneth Griffith, Jeanette Sterke
Director: Peter Glenville
Writer: Bridget Boland
Language: English
Studio: Arrow Academy
Duration: 95
Rated: Not Rated
DVD Release: June 2019
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.
Alec Guinness | The Cardinal |
Jack Hawkins | The Interrogator |
Wilfrid Lawson | The Jailer |
Kenneth Griffith | The Secretary |
Jeanette Sterke | The Girl |
Ronald Lewis | The Guard |
Raymond Huntley | The General |
Mark Dignam | The Governor |
Gerard Heinz | The Doctor |
Percy Herbert | Soldier (uncredited) |
Oscar Quitak | Café Waiter (uncredited) |
Denis Shaw | Plainclothesman (uncredited) |
Benjamin Frankel | Music |
Reginald H. Wyer | Director of Photography |
Frederick Wilson | Editor |
Genre: Drama
Media: Blu-ray
Sound: Mono
IMDb: 0048512