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A cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. He is a popular hero of his people, for his resistance against the Nazis during the war and his resistance when his country again fell to a totalitarian conqueror. In prison, his interrogator is determined to extract a confession of guilt, and thus destroy his power over his people.
Theatrical
Dec 11, 1955
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 2, 2004
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Studio
Facet Productions, London Independent Producers
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Cast
Full credits →A
Alec Guinness
The Cardinal
J
Jack Hawkins
The Interrogator
W
Wilfrid Lawson
The Jailer
K
Kenneth Griffith
The Secretary
J
Jeanette Sterke
The Girl
R
Ronald Lewis
The Guard
R
Raymond Huntley
The General
M
Mark Dignam
The Governor
G
Gerard Heinz
The Doctor
P
Percy Herbert
Soldier (uncredited)
O
Oscar Quitak
Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
D
Denis Shaw
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
