The Prisoner

The Prisoner (1955)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1955-04-19
  • User Rating: 7.2/10 from 20 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 35min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Facet Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Peter Glenville
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Summary

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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  • 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)
Directing Peter Glenville Director
Sound Benjamin Frankel Music
Writing Bridget Boland Writer
Editing Frederick Wilson Editor
Camera Reginald H. Wyer Director of Photography
Production Sydney Box Executive Producer
Production Vivian Cox Producer
Art John Hawkesworth Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Julie Harris Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up W.T. Partleton Makeup Artist
Production Douglas Peirce Production Manager
Directing Denis O'Dell Assistant Director
Directing Phyllis Crocker Continuity

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