The Prize

The Prize

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

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Release Date

12/25/1963

Runtime

134 mins

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 Max Stratman has been replaced by an impostor, embroiling Craig and his chaperone in a Cold War kidnapping plot.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A clever thriller that plays cat-and-mouse with plausibility itself: a hard-drinking novelist's outlandish theory about a doppelgänger becomes increasingly difficult to dismiss as the plot thickens around Stockholm's glittering Nobel Prize ceremony.

Mood

TensePlayfulParanoid

Themes

IdentityObsessionCorruption

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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