Movie
The Prize
He ordered a martini... kissed a girl... and was plunged into a nightmare of danger!
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 Max Stratman has been replaced by an impostor, embroiling Craig and his chaperone in a Cold War kidnapping plot.
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Synopsis
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 Max Stratman has been replaced by an impostor, embroiling Craig and his chaperone in a Cold War kidnapping plot.
More about The Prize
Cast
Paul NewmanAndrew Craig
Edward G. RobinsonMax Stratman/Walter Stratman
Elke SommerInger Lisa Andersson
Diane BakerEmily Stratman
Micheline PresleDenise Marceau
Gérard OuryClaude Marceau
Sergio FantoniCarlo Farelli
Kevin McCarthyJohn GarrettCredits
- Directed by
- Mark Robson
- Written by
- Ernest Lehman, Irving Wallace
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
- Roxbury Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-MayerUnited States
