The Prize (1963 film)
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| Directed by | Mark Robson |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Screenplay by | Ernest Lehman |
| Based on |
The Prize by Irving Wallace |
| Starring |
Paul Newman Edward G. Robinson Elke Sommer |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
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Release date
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25 December 1963 (USA) 13 February 1964 (UK) |
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Running time
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134 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | est. 3 500 000 USD (US/ Canada) |
25 December 1963 (USA)
The Prize is a 1963 spy film starring Paul Newman, Elke Sommer and Edward G. Robinson. It was directed by Mark Robson, produced by Pandro S. Berman and adapted for the screen by Ernest Lehman from the novel of the same name by Irving Wallace. It also features an early score by prolific composer Jerry Goldsmith.
The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Andrew Craig (Paul Newman), who seems to be more interested in women and drinking than writing. When he arrives in for the award ceremony, he is delighted to find that the Swedish Foreign Department has sent the beautiful Inger Lisa Andersson (Elke Sommer) as his personal chaperone. When Craig arrives at his hotel, he is introduced to another laureate, Dr. Max Stratman (Edward G. Robinson), a famous German-American physicist, who is accompanied by his niece Emily (Diane Baker).
When Craig meets Stratman for the second time, at a press conference, Stratman acts as if they had never met before and also displays a change in personality, despising photographs and being less talkative. Craig then, with no time to further talk to Dr. Stratman, has to give his interview, and in short succession admits to suffering from writer's block for years, having not even started his highly anticipated next novel, Return to Carthage, and having written pulp detective stories to pay the rent. He even suggests that he may have lost his talent. Asked for an example of developing a detective story, he suggests the possibility that Stratman may be an impostor.
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