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Well received by most viewers.
Based on the TMDB audience score from 24 ratings.
Movie review: The Prisoner
The Prisoner is a film from 1955. It is catalogued under Drama.
Story
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.
Audience reaction
TMDB records an audience rating of 7.2/10 based on 24 votes.
Production
Release date: April 19, 1955 · Runtime: 95 minutes · Original language: English
Cast
Alec Guinness
Jack Hawkins
Wilfrid Lawson
Kenneth Griffith
Jeanette Sterke
Ronald Lewis
Raymond Huntley
Mark Dignam
Gerard Heinz
Percy Herbert
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