The Prize

Dec 25, 1963

2h 14m

★ 6.8

He ordered a martini... kissed a girl... and was plunged into a nightmare of danger!

Overview

A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American novelist Andrew Craig, a former literary luminary now writing pulp detective stories to earn a living. Craig, who is infamous for his drinking and womanizing, formulates a wild theory that physics prize winner Dr. Max Stratman has been replaced by an impostor, embroiling Craig and his chaperone in a Cold War kidnapping plot.

Genres

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

Roxbury Productions

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The Prize Trailers

Cast

Andrew Craig

Paul Newman

Max Stratman/Walter Stratman

Edward G. Robinson

Inger Lisa Andersson

Elke Sommer

Emily Stratman

Diane Baker

Denise Marceau

Micheline Presle

Claude Marceau

Gérard Oury

Carlo Farelli

Sergio Fantoni

John Garrett

Kevin McCarthy

Bertil Jacobsson

Leo G. Carroll

Dranyi

Sacha Pitoëff

Monique Souvir

Jacqueline Beer

Hans Eckhart

John Wengraf

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6.6

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7.1

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4.8

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