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.

• Peter GlenvilleDirector
• Bridget BolandWriter

• Alec GuinnessThe Cardinal
• Jack HawkinsThe Interrogator
• Wilfrid LawsonThe Jailer
• Kenneth GriffithThe Secretary
• Jeanette SterkeThe Girl
• Ronald LewisThe Guard
• Raymond HuntleyThe General
• Mark DignamThe Governor
• Gerard HeinzThe Doctor
• Percy HerbertSoldier (uncredited)
• Oscar QuitakCafe Waiter (uncredited)
• Denis ShawPlainclothesman (uncredited)