The Prisoner (1955)

Wilfrid Lawson: The Jailer

Quotes 

• [the Cardinal is in solitary confinement for two months] 

  The Cardinal : How are you doing this to me? Why am I... going out of my mind?

  The Jailer : Well, it's funny, you know. The more store a man sets by his wits, the sooner he loses them. When a man starts watching his mind at work, you can't leave him alone for five minutes without he frightens himself to death.

• The Jailer : They look different after a few months in solitary, don't they, sir?