The Prisoner
19/04/1955
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.
Drama
Movie Information
Alec Guinness
as The Cardinal
Jack Hawkins
as The Interrogator
Wilfrid Lawson
as The Jailer
Kenneth Griffith
as The Secretary
Jeanette Sterke
as The Girl
Ronald Lewis
as The Guard
Raymond Huntley
as The General
Mark Dignam
as The Governor
Gerard Heinz
as The Doctor
Percy Herbert
as Soldier (uncredited)
Oscar Quitak
as Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
Denis Shaw
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
