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Alec Guinness, Gerard Heinz, Jack Hawkins, Jeannette Sterke, Kenneth Griffith ...( see more  see more... ) , Mark Dignam , Raymond Huntley , Ronald Lewis , Wilfred Lawson

Peter Glenville made his directorial debut with this drama about a Hungarian cardinal (Alec Guinness) imprisoned by police who are heavily influenced by the new Communist regime. Forcing him to endure...( read more  read more... ) mental and physical torture, his captors hope that their agony-inflictive tactics will make the cardinal retract some anti-establishment addresses he made. Jack Hawkins plays an interrogator out to shame the cardinal into issuing a false statement.

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Unrated, 92 min.

Directed by: Peter Glenville

Release Date: December 11, 1955

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DVD Release Date: March 2, 2004

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  • hypathio7
    July 3, 2008
    hypathio7
    want to see this because it won best foreign film with the NBR
  • blissca
    May 16, 2007
    blissca
    simply one of the best classics ever.

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