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Name: The Prize
Released: 1963-12-25
Cast: Paul Newman, Elke Sommer, Edward G. Robinson, Diane Baker, Micheline Presle

The Prize

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2h 15m
1963

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Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, and Elke Sommer star in this drama based on Irving Wallace's novel following six Nobel Prize winners in Stockholm, including a disillusioned American writer. When physics expert Dr. Max Stratman is kidnapped and replaced by his wicked twin brother, American Andrew Craig gets wind of the plot and, with the help of a Swedish foreign office functionary, tries to rescue the real scientist.

Director:

Mark Robson

Producer:

Pandro S. Berman

Writer:

Ernest Lehman

Cast:

Paul Newman, Elke Sommer, Edward G. Robinson, Diane Baker, Micheline Presle, Gerard Oury, Sergio Fantoni, Kevin McCarthy, Leo G. Carroll, Jacqueline Beer

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

50%

Reviews

Sight & Sound

Penelope Houston

Criticism retreats, disarmed, before a film which hardly even allows itself to become serious about the Nobel prize.

The film doesn't have a single rhythm drop. [Full Review in Spanish]

The Prize is a Cold War thriller that doesn't take itself too seriously but really should have. It's a convoluted mess of a film. The dramatic and comedic elements clash and on the whole the story feels disjointed.

For those into high-polish thrillers full of international intrigue and danger around every corner, this one's not to be missed, and a tightening of its midsection would have made it even better.

Mark Robson's direction gives The Prize tension and humor, and a good deal of interesting characterization. The Prize should be a much discussed and popular attraction.

December 26, 2018

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