The Prisoner
19/04/1955
2h



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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.
Cast


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
Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
Denis Shaw
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
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