The Prize (1963)
7/10
A Hitchcockian thriller and Newman playing himself !!
23 December 2019
Newman paved a solid career with your usual mannerism, here he enforces it on strong colors, first as a snobbish guy, boozing behavior, egocentric, he as Andrew Craig a writer just travelled to Stockholm to receives a Literature's Nobel Prize, however he sneers the prize, just was there to receive 50.000 dollars only, always flattering girls, he has a special assistance the beauty native Inger Lisa Anderson (Elke Sommer) also he meets Dr. Max Stratman (Robinson) a famous Physic from iron curtain who works in USA, later he was kidnapped by reds and put his twin brother in your place, Andrew suspicious that something is wrong after meets Stratman one more time, he doesn't seen the same person, henceforth Andrew starts investigate on one's own this intriguing case, many weird situation comes across, amusing scenes, others contrived, has many sub plots with others winners, delightful dramatic comedy blended with other genres, a true Hitchcockian thriller, worth to see!!

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First watch: 2019 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.75
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