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The Prize (1963)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1963 Limited

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Based on the novel by Irving Wallace, The Prize takes place in Stockholm, where several laureates gather to accept their Nobel Prizes. At first, the film concentrates on iconoclastic novelist Paul Newman, but he is temporarily shunted to the background when physics expert Edward G. Robinson is kidnaped and replaced by his wicked twin brother. The real Robinson is to be spirited behind the Iron Curtain, while the "fake" Robinson is to disrupt the awards ceremony with an anti-American tirade.

Unrated, 2 hr. 15 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Directed By: Mark Robson

Written By: Irving Wallace, Ernest Lehman

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1963 Limited

On DVD: Jun 24, 1992

MGM

Cast

Paul Newman
Andrew Craig
Edward G. Robinson
Dr. Max Stratman
Elke Sommer
Inger Lisa Andersen
Diane Baker
Emily Stratman
Micheline Presle
Dr. Denise Marceau
G�rard Oury
Dr. Claude Marceau
Sergio Fantoni
Dr. Carlo Farelli
Kevin McCarthy
Dr. John Garrett
Leo G Carroll
Count Bertil Jacobssen
Sacha Pito�ff
Daranyi
Jacqueline Beer
Monique Souvir
John Wengraf
Hans Eckart
Don Dubbins
Ivar Cramer
Virginia Christine
Mrs. Bergh
Rudolph Anders
Mr. Bergh
Martine Bartlett
Saralee Garrett
Karl Swenson
Hilding
John Qualen
Oscar
Ned Wever
Clark Wilson
John Banner
German correspondent
Sven Hugo Borg
Oscar Lindbloom
Peter Bourne
Martin Brandt
Steen Eckberg
Albert Carrier
French Reporter
Carl Carlsson
Swedish Visitor
Peter Coe
Officer
Noel Drayton
Police Constable Strohm
Jerry Dunphy
American TV News corres...
Sam Edwards
Reporter
Edith Evanson
Mrs. Ahlquist
Alice Frost
Swedish woman
Gregory Gaye
Russian Reporter
Erik Holland
Photographer
John Holland
Mauritz Hugo
Speaker
Anna Lee
American Reporter
Queenie Leonard
Miss Fawley
Annalena Lund
Blonde
Lester Matthews
BBC News correspondent
Grazia Narciso
Mrs. Farelli
Gregg Palmer
Swedish Commentator
Lars Passg�rd
Sid Raymond
Actor
Otto Reichow
Seaman
Gene Roth
Teru Shimada
Tokyo Correspondent
Ivan Triesault
Hotel porter
Ben Wright
British Reporter
Robert Garrett
Paul Busch
Michel Panaieff
French Correspondent
Harold Dyrenforth
Jill Carson
Ron Nyman
Burly Swede
Fred Scheiwiller
Deck Hand
Sigfrid Tor
Swedish Waiter
Mark Robson

Critic Reviews for The Prize

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Set in Stockholm during the Nobel Prize ceremonies, the film is an unsuccessful blend of politics, international intrigues and romance, but the sight of a semi-naked Paul Newman in a nudist colony might appeal to his fans.

November 22, 2008 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Suffers from an unevenness of tone which cannot balance the political turmoil with the sexual playfulness.

June 18, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

The only prize this film takes is the booby prize for crudeness.

January 26, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Newman heads the cast of this flawed but enjoyable comedy thriller based on Irving Wallace's spy yarn.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4

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Excellent thriller with a great sense of humor

March 27, 2007

jay nixon

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Few are better at the rascally hero role than Paul Newman, here playing a jaded Nobel Prize novelist who has turned to drink, women, and writing dimestore detective stories. He travels to Stockholm merely to collect the $50,000 prize and meets fellow laureate physicist Edward G. Robinson, a German defector before WW

January 26, 2010

Doctor Strangeblog

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