The Prisoner

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

Played The Cardinal
Jack Hawkins

Played The Interrogator
Wilfrid Lawson

Played The Jailer
Kenneth Griffith

Played The Secretary
Jeanette Sterke

Played The Girl
Ronald Lewis

Played The Guard
Raymond Huntley

Played The General
Mark Dignam

Played The Governor
Gerard Heinz

Played The Doctor
Percy Herbert

Played Soldier (uncredited)
Oscar Quitak

Played Cafe Waiter (uncredi…
Denis Shaw

Played Plainclothesman (unc…

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