The Prize

The Prize (1963)

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 Max Stratman has been replaced by an impostor, embroiling Craig and his chaperone in a Cold War kidnapping plot.

Date of release
1963-12-25
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (120)
Runtime
2h 14m
Genres
Mystery, Thriller
Director
Mark Robson

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Prize

The Prize is a 1963 American spy film and romantic comedy 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 The Prize by Irving Wallace. It also features an early score by prolific composer Jerry Goldsmith.

Production

Paul Newman gave an interview to the New York Times during production on The Prize, and he insisted that actors should not accept a movie just based on a novel's status as a bestseller. He spoke from experience, having been panned in a film he took because the novel was a hit. The adapted screenplay was far more important to Newman. He said that he had not read Irving Wallace's novel and probably would not until filming was finished.

Mark Robson had intended to film on location in the Grand Hôtel and the Stockholm Concert Hall, but as the popularity of Irving Wallace's novel grew, Swedes became wary of the production. Robson had to settle on sending a crew just to shoot exteriors of the locations.

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