The Prisoner

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Alec Guinness The Cardinal

Jack Hawkins The Interrogator

Wilfrid Lawson The Jailer

Kenneth Griffith The Secretary

Jeanette Sterke The Girl