The prisoner
(DVD)
Contributors
Boland, Bridget. Screenwriter
Glenville, Peter, 1913-1996. Director
Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000. Actor
Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973. Actor
Huntley, Raymond, 1904-1990. Actor
Glenville, Peter, 1913-1996. Director
Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000. Actor
Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973. Actor
Huntley, Raymond, 1904-1990. Actor
Published
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2016].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
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Published
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2016].
Language
English
UPC
043396484399
Notes
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1955.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Reginald Wyer ; film editor, Frederick Wilson ; music composed by Benjamin Frankel.
Participants/Performers
Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Raymond Huntley, Jeanette Sterke, Ronald Lewis, Kenneth Griffith, Mark Dignam, Gerard Heinz, Wilfrid Lawson.
Description
Following World War II, an unnamed Cardinal is arrested as a traitor to an unspecified Eastern European country. While imprisoned, the Cardinal is put through a series of trials by a state interrogator charged with convincing the Cardinal to issue a phony statement that would effectively end Catholicism in the country. Purportedly based on the real-life travails of Hungarian Cardinal József Mindszenty.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD-R, NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Language
In English with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Boland, B., Glenville, P., Guinness, A., Hawkins, J., Huntley, R., Sterke, J., Lewis, R., Griffith, K., Dignam, M., Heinz, G., & Lawson, W. (2016). The prisoner . Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bridget. Boland et al.. 2016. The Prisoner. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bridget. Boland et al.. The Prisoner Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Boland, Bridget., et al. The Prisoner Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2016.
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