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The Prize

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

Duration

2h 14m

Release

25 Dec 1963

Country

United States

Language

English

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 Max Stratman has been replaced by an impostor, embroiling Craig and his chaperone in a Cold War kidnapping plot.

Plot

As the Nobel Prize winners come to Stockholm to receive their awards, their lives are overturned and perturbed in various ways.

Cast

Paul NewmanEdward G. RobinsonElke Sommer

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 6.8/10Rotten Tomatoes: 45%

Details

Director

Mark Robson

Writers

Ernest LehmanIrving Wallace

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination total

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