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Release Date:
25 December 1963 (USA)
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Tagline:
He ordered a martini...kissed a girl...and was plunged into a nightmare of danger (USA Theatrical) more
Plot:
As the Nobel Prize winners come to Stockholm to receive their awards, their lives are overturned and perturbed in various ways. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Golden Globe.
Another 1 nomination
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Movie Alert! "The Prize" On TCM Tuesday December 8
(From CinemaRetro. 6 December 2009, 8:09 AM, PST)
(From CinemaRetro. 6 December 2009, 8:09 AM, PST)
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Turning an Irving Wallace story into a homage to Hitchcock?
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Paul Newman | ... | Andrew Craig |
 | Elke Sommer | ... | Inger Lisa Andersson |
 | Edward G. Robinson | ... | Dr. Max Stratman / Prof. Walter Stratman |
| Diane Baker | ... | Emily Stratman |
| Micheline Presle | ... | Dr. Denise Marceau |
| Gérard Oury | ... | Dr. Claude Marceau |
| Sergio Fantoni | ... | Dr. Carlo Farelli |
| Kevin McCarthy | ... | Dr. John Garrett |
| Leo G. Carroll | ... | Count Bertil Jacobsson |
| Sacha Pitoëff | ... | Daranyi, Dark Henchman (as Sacha Pitoeff) |
| Jacqueline Beer | ... | Monique Souvir, Dr. Claude's 'Secretary' |
 | John Wengraf | ... | Hans Eckhart |
| Don Dubbins | ... | Ivar Cramer, Light Henchman |
| Virginia Christine | ... | Mrs. Bergh, Chaperon |
| Rudolph Anders | ... | Mr. Rolfe Bergh - Chaperon |
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134 min
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Colour (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Australia:M |
Australia:PG (TV rating) |
USA:TV-PG |
Finland:K-12 |
Portugal:17 |
Sweden:15 |
West Germany:12
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Bears many plot similarities, similar scenes, and actors in common with North by Northwest (1959) due to both being written by Ernest Lehman .
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Factual errors: Count Jacobsson is too much of a lower-class name for a Swedish count.
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Quotes:
Inger Lisa Andersen:
Mr. Craig, I hope you'll forgive me but in matters of sex, compared to the average Scandinavian you would be considered a mere amateur.
Andrew Craig: Miss Andersen will you marry me?
Inger Lisa Andersen: We have a saying in Sweden. Why settle for one dish when there's smorgasbord.
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Andrew Craig: Miss Andersen will you marry me?
Inger Lisa Andersen: We have a saying in Sweden. Why settle for one dish when there's smorgasbord.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofs North by Northwest (1959)
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Soundtrack:
Winter Garden
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If you have read the book, what the film has to offer is unfortunately a replay of what Hitchcock created in 1959.
Ernest Lehman was the script writer for Hitchcock's "North by northwest." I was surprised that two scenes from the classic were modified by Lehman for "The Prize". The famous scene of Cary Grant being almost killed by a plane in the open field is replayed here with Paul Newman being terrorized by a car on an empty bridge at night. A few minutes later into the film Lehman replaces the auction sequence in the Cary Grant film with Newman in a nudist conference. If you have seen the Hitchcock film you know what follows. Was it a homage to Hitchcock or was Lehman suffering a bout of creativity loss? Or was Director Mark Robson a die hard Hitchcock fan?
The book, pulp fiction at its best, made good casual reading. The film is good to pass the time, watching Paul Newman and Edward G. Robinson re-enacting roles similar to what they have enjoyed playing so often. The wisecracks (thanks to Irving Wallace) make the otherwise dumb and predictable film worth your time.