Not to be confused with the 1967 TV series of the same name (also starring Patrick McGoohan), this adaptation of Bridget Boland's 1954 stage play depicts the conflict between a Cardinal (allegedly inspired by real-life Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty) in an unnamed totalitarian state and the Interrogator who tries to force him into a public abjure of his religious convictions.—Giancarlo Cairella
A 1963 television version of the 1955 film of the same name, which featured Alec Guinness as the imprisoned Cardinal in a post-WWII communist country falsely accused of treason. Patrick McGoohan takes Jack Hawkins' role as The Interrogator, Alan Badel is The Prisoner.—NellsFlickers