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The Prisoner [DVD] [1955]
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Language:English
: Program Type:Movie
: Screen Format:Black & White
: Studio:Sony Pictures Home
: Region Code:1
: Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
: Format:DVD
: Product Name:The Prisoner [DVD] [1955]
: Product Tags:DVD
: Subtitles:English
British theatrical director Peter Glenville made his film directorial debut with 1955's The Prisoner (Glenville had previous helmed the London stage production of this Bridget Boland play). The film is based on the real-life travails of Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty, who after suffering under Nazi persecution was imprisoned by the new Communist regime for remaining loyal to his religious convictions. Alec Guinness, his head shaved, plays an unnamed Cardinal in an unspecified Eastern European country who is clapped into jail. Here he is ordered by the politicos to issue a phony statement to his flock, one that will effectively end Catholicism in his country. Jack Hawkins plays the diabolically clever ""Interrogator"", who is almost successful in convincing Guinness that his false statement will have a beneficial effect. The Prisoner fared better in its American release than it did in Europe, where it was branded both ""pro-Communist"" and ""anti-Communist"" by various single-issue pressure groups.~Hal Erickson
Name : Alec Guinness: Role : The Cardinal
Name : Jack Hawkins: Role : The Interrogator
Name : Wilfred Lawson: Role : The Jailer
Name : Jeannette Sterke: Role : The Girl
Name : Kenneth Griffith: Role : The Secretary
Name : Ronald Lewis: Role : The Warder
Name : Raymond Huntley: Role : The General
Name : Mark Dignam: Role : The Governor
Name : Gerard Heinz: Role : The Doctor
Name : Richard Leech: Role :
Name : Peter Glenville: Role : Director
Name : Vivian A. Cox: Role : Producer
Name : Bridget Boland: Role : Play Author
Name : Bridget Boland: Role : Screenwriter
Name : Reginald Wyer: Role : Cinematographer
Name : Benjamin Frankel: Role : Composer (Music Score)
Name : Benjamin Frankel: Role : Musical Direction/Supervision
Name : Frederick Wilson: Role : Editor
Name : John Hawkesworth: Role : Art Director
Name : Sydney Box: Role : Executive Producer
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: Program Type:Movie
: Screen Format:Black & White
: Studio:Sony Pictures Home
: Region Code:1
: Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
: Format:DVD
: Product Name:The Prisoner [DVD] [1955]
: Product Tags:DVD
: Subtitles:English
British theatrical director Peter Glenville made his film directorial debut with 1955's The Prisoner (Glenville had previous helmed the London stage production of this Bridget Boland play). The film is based on the real-life travails of Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty, who after suffering under Nazi persecution was imprisoned by the new Communist regime for remaining loyal to his religious convictions. Alec Guinness, his head shaved, plays an unnamed Cardinal in an unspecified Eastern European country who is clapped into jail. Here he is ordered by the politicos to issue a phony statement to his flock, one that will effectively end Catholicism in his country. Jack Hawkins plays the diabolically clever ""Interrogator"", who is almost successful in convincing Guinness that his false statement will have a beneficial effect. The Prisoner fared better in its American release than it did in Europe, where it was branded both ""pro-Communist"" and ""anti-Communist"" by various single-issue pressure groups.~Hal Erickson
Name : Alec Guinness: Role : The Cardinal
Name : Jack Hawkins: Role : The Interrogator
Name : Wilfred Lawson: Role : The Jailer
Name : Jeannette Sterke: Role : The Girl
Name : Kenneth Griffith: Role : The Secretary
Name : Ronald Lewis: Role : The Warder
Name : Raymond Huntley: Role : The General
Name : Mark Dignam: Role : The Governor
Name : Gerard Heinz: Role : The Doctor
Name : Richard Leech: Role :
Name : Peter Glenville: Role : Director
Name : Vivian A. Cox: Role : Producer
Name : Bridget Boland: Role : Play Author
Name : Bridget Boland: Role : Screenwriter
Name : Reginald Wyer: Role : Cinematographer
Name : Benjamin Frankel: Role : Composer (Music Score)
Name : Benjamin Frankel: Role : Musical Direction/Supervision
Name : Frederick Wilson: Role : Editor
Name : John Hawkesworth: Role : Art Director
Name : Sydney Box: Role : Executive Producer
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