The Prisoner

    The Prisoner
    1955

    Synopsis

    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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      Cast

      • Alec GuinnessThe Cardinal
      • Jack HawkinsThe Interrogator
      • Wilfrid LawsonThe Jailer
      • Kenneth GriffithThe Secretary
      • Jeanette SterkeThe Girl
      • Ronald LewisThe Guard
      • Raymond HuntleyThe General
      • Mark DignamThe Governor
      • Gerard HeinzThe Doctor
      • Percy HerbertSoldier (uncredited)

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