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.


The Prisoner (1955)
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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