The Prize
1963
Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

The Prize
1963
Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Plot summary
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 Max Stratman has been replaced by an impostor, embroiling Craig and his chaperone in a Cold War kidnapping plot.
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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.