The Prize
1963
Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
The Prize
1963
Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director
Top cast
Tech specs
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Hitchcock Robson Style
about as far-fetched as you can get but still a lot of fun
This is a very light-hearted mystery-suspense film. Paul Newman is in Stockholm to receive a Nobel Prize when he is pulled into a plot with international implications. Despite the seriousness of the plot, the writer and director did a good job of balancing chases and near-death experiences with occasional bouts of silliness that worked well for me. I particularly liked when Newman and Elke Sommer were running from the bad guys. They ran into a meeting hall to hide but found that it was a group of nudists, so they had to do what they needed to do to blend in and not be noticed. This was very reminiscent of another of Ms. Sommers' films, A SHOT IN THE DARK. One final praise and it was because the film also features Edward G. Robinson--for this it earns an extra point, as he was an excellent actor that did a lot more than just gangster flicks.







