The Prisoner(1955)

movie - first aired/released 1955-04-19 - 95 min - audience 7.2

Drama

Directed by Peter Glenville

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.