The Prize is a 1963 American spy film and romantic comedy starring Paul Newman, Elke Sommer and Edward G.

[2] It was directed by Mark Robson, produced by Pandro S. Berman and adapted for the screen by Ernest Lehman from the novel The Prize by Irving Wallace.

Arriving in Stockholm for the award ceremony, he is delighted that Inger Lisa Andersson, whom he finds beautiful, has been assigned as his personal chaperone.

At the hotel where all the winners are guests, Andrew is introduced to the physics laureate, Dr. Max Stratman, an elderly German-born American, who is accompanied by his niece Emily.

Garrett thinks Farelli must have stolen his work rather than reaching the same result through improvisation as he claimed, and thus does not deserve half the prize.

Claude Marceau's mistress, Monique Souvir, is traveling with them and Denise feels neglected as a woman; later she asks Andrew to help by pretending to have an affair.

Depressed and angry at himself, he tells the press the truth: far from still being a great literary talent, he has not even been able to start writing the much-anticipated novel he has been "working on" for years.

Following clues Inger helped with, Andrew sneaks on board a docked German freighter soon to depart for Leningrad.

Paul Newman gave an interview to the New York Times during production on The Prize, and he insisted that actors should not accept a movie just based on a novel's status as a bestseller.

"[4] Mark Robson had intended to film on location in the Grand Hôtel and the Stockholm Concert Hall, but as the popularity of Irving Wallace's novel grew, Swedes became wary of the production.

Mark Robson, who directed, hasn't looked at a lot of old Alfred Hitchcock pictures, including 'The Lady Vanishes,' for naught.