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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Paul Newman | ... | Andrew Craig | |
| Edward G. Robinson | ... | Dr. Max Stratman | |
| Elke Sommer | ... | Inger Lisa Andersson | |
| Diane Baker | ... | Emily Stratman | |
| Micheline Presle | ... | Dr. Denise Marceau | |
| Gérard Oury | ... | Dr. Claude Marceau (as Gerard Oury) | |
| Sergio Fantoni | ... | Dr. Carlo Farelli | |
| Kevin McCarthy | ... | Dr. John Garrett | |
| Leo G. Carroll | ... | Count Bertil Jacobsson | |
| Sacha Pitoëff | ... | Daranyi (as Sacha Pitoeff) | |
| Jacqueline Beer | ... | Monique Souvir | |
| John Wengraf | ... | Hans Eckhart | |
| Don Dubbins | ... | Ivar Cramer | |
| Virginia Christine | ... | Mrs. Bergh | |
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Rudolph Anders | ... | Mr. Rolfe Bergh |
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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 for the award ceremony with his young and beautiful niece Emily. The Foreign Department also assigns 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. Craig begins to investigate. Written by Mattias Thuresson
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espionage | hitchcockian | partial remake | nobel prize | stockholm sweden |Taglines:
He ordered a martini...kissed a girl...and was plunged into a nightmare of danger (USA Theatrical) See more »Parents Guide:
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25 December 1963 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Royce Hall - 340 Royce Drive, UCLA, Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Bears many plot similarities, similar scenes, and actors in common with North by Northwest (1959) due to both being written by Ernest Lehman . See more »Goofs
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: [seeing Daranyi pull a switchblade knife on him] Oh, c'mon, Daranyi; just because I wouldn't eat one of your damned canapes?See more »
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Opening credits share the screen with newscasters from various countries announcing the Nobel prize headlines. See more »Contribute to This Page
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Andrew Craig, studly, anti-establishment and slightly tipsy Nobel Prize winner of literature, suspects that nationalized American physicist Stratman is not who he claims to be, and that Communist East Germany is coercing him into disowning the US.
Mark Robson is no Hitchcock, but then again, quite often even Hitchcock wasn't. 'The Prize' is certainly a consistently entertaining and worthy effort, its key scenes playing almost exactly like Hitch counterparts. Among others I loved the scene where Craig, played tongue in cheek by Paul Newman, seeks refuge from his pursuers at a nudist conference, and in order to disguise himself has an excuse to display his bronzed sixpack. And the film's climax is certainly suspenseful in the way that Hitch taught us to expect.
Quite a wonderful film, then, well-acted and well-paced. Stockholm is a beautiful venue, and the blondes seem to have fun.