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The Prize (1963) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Mark Robson and produced by Pandro S. Berman.

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GIVEAWAY! On Blu-ray: Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson and Elke Sommer in The Prize (1963)

By KC on Mar 20, 2019 From Classic Movies

The Prize is an unusual film, with a mixed-bag cast and the unique premise of romance and intrigue in the milieu of the Pulitzer Prize ceremony. Starring Paul Newman, Elke Sommer and the eternally reliable Edward G. Robinson, it has the rare quality of seeming simultaneously familiar and bizarrely n... Read full article


CMBA Blogathon: "The Prize" and Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella"

By Rick29 on Apr 11, 2016 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

Paul Newman as a cynical novelist. The Prize (1963). Ernest Lehman adapted this mixture of North By Northwest and Grand Hotel from Irving Wallace's 1963 novel. If Lehman's name sounds familiar, it's because he also penned North By Northwest. Lehman keeps the basic structure of Wallace's multi-chara... Read full article


The Prize (1963)

By Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog

Directed by Mark Robson, The Prize (1963) stars Paul Newman as Andrew Craig, a celebrated novelist with a penchant for booze and women. Having just won the Nobel Prize in literature, Craig is whisked away to Stockholm, Sweden to accept the honor and fraternize with his fellow laureates. Little does ... Read full article


The Prize (1963)

By Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog

Directed by Mark Robson, The Prize (1963) stars Paul Newman as Andrew Craig, a celebrated novelist with a penchant for booze and women. Having just won the Nobel Prize in literature, Craig is whisked away to Stockholm, Sweden to accept the honor and fraternize with his fellow laureates. Little does ... Read full article


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Andrew Craig: You speak very good English for a non-drinker, Miss?
Emily Stratman: Greta Garbo.
Andrew Craig: Hmm. Mind if I call you Ingrid?


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.


Emily Stratman: Am I keeping you awake?
Andrew Craig: Just barely.


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Bears many plot similarities, similar scenes, and actors in common withNorth by Northwest due to both being written byErnest Lehman .
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