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The Prisoner (1955)

The Prisoner (1955)

Drama
Release Date: 1955, April 19
Directors: Peter Glenville
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Facet Productions, London Independent Producers
Cast: Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Oscar Quitak, Percy Herbert, Kenneth Griffith, Raymond Huntley, Gerard Heinz, Mark Dignam, Jeanette Sterke, Ronald Lewis, Denis Shaw, Wilfrid Lawson

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.

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