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The Prize (1963)

TV_PG 134 min  -  Crime | Drama | Mystery  -   25 December 1963 (USA)
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As the Nobel Prize winners come to Stockholm to receive their awards, their lives are overturned and perturbed in various ways.

Director:

Mark Robson

Writers:

Ernest Lehman (screenplay), Irving Wallace (novel)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paul Newman ...
Andrew Craig
Elke Sommer ...
Inger Lisa Andersson
Edward G. Robinson ...
Dr. Max Stratman / Prof. Walter Stratman
Diane Baker ...
Emily Stratman
Micheline Presle ...
Dr. Denise Marceau
Gérard Oury Gérard Oury ...
Dr. Claude Marceau
Sergio Fantoni ...
Dr. Carlo Farelli
Kevin McCarthy ...
Dr. John Garrett
Leo G. Carroll Leo G. Carroll ...
Count Bertil Jacobsson
Sacha Pitoëff Sacha Pitoëff ...
Daranyi, Dark Henchman (as Sacha Pitoeff)
Jacqueline Beer Jacqueline Beer ...
Monique Souvir, Dr. Claude's 'Secretary'
John Wengraf ...
Hans Eckhart
Don Dubbins Don Dubbins ...
Ivar Cramer, Light Henchman
Virginia Christine Virginia Christine ...
Mrs. Bergh, Chaperon
Rudolph Anders Rudolph Anders ...
Mr. Rolfe Bergh - Chaperon
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Storyline

For some reason, this year's Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the young author Andrew Craig, who seems to be more interested in women and drinking than writing. Another laureate is Dr. Max Stratman, the famous German-American physicist who comes to Stockholm with his young and beautiful niece Emily. The Foreign Department also gives him an assistant during his stay, Miss Andersson. Craig soon notices that Dr. Stratman is acting strangely. The second time they meet, Dr. Stratman does not even recognize him. Written by Mattias Thuresson <mattias.thuresson@mbox300.swipnet.se>  

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Plot Keywords:

Nobel Prize | Physicist | Writer | Spy | Impostor  | See more »

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | German | Swedish

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

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Company Credits

Production Co:

Roxbury Productions Inc. See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Bears many plot similarities, similar scenes, and actors in common with North by Northwest due to both being written by Ernest Lehman . See more »

Goofs

Continuity: In the scene after the Elke Sommer character has been abducted, the Paul Newman character is leaving his hotel to go to the awards rehearsal at the concert hall and the John Wengraf character gets into the back seat of the limousine with Paul Newman, John Wengraf is seated on Newman's left. Yet when they arrive at the concert hall, Newman exits the car on the left alone, and in order to do this he and John Wengraf would have had to switch places in the back seat. See more »

Quotes

Andrew Craig: You speak very good English for a non-drinker, Miss?
Emily Stratman: Greta Garbo.
Andrew Craig: Hmm. Mind if I call you Ingrid?
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Connections

References The 39 Steps (1935) See more »

Soundtracks

"The Villa"
(uncredited)
Music by Harold Gelman See more »