The Spanish Prisoner

1997
7.3
The Spanish Prisoner
Poster The Spanish Prisoner

Title: The Spanish Prisoner

Original Title: The Spanish Prisoner

Year: 1997

Info

  • Country: USA
  • Length: 110 Minutes (1 hour 50 min)
  • Budget: $10,000,000
  • Genre: Drama Mystery Thriller

Release Dates

  • UK: August 28 1998
  • United States: April 03 1998

Plot

From the mind of David Mamet, 'The Spanish Prisoner' is a 1997 American suspense film, written and directed by David Mamet and starring Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ben Gazzara, Felicity Huffman and Ricky Jay. The film tells the story of an elaborate confidence game, known as the Spanish Prisoner. In 1999 the film was nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for the Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay but lost out to Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight. In this thriller a businessman gets caught in a web of double-crosses, lies and murder.

Cast

Campbell Scott

Campbell Scott

Joseph A. 'Joe' Ross

Steve Martin

Steve Martin

Julian 'Jimmy' Dell

Rebecca Pidgeon

Rebecca Pidgeon

Susan Ricci

Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara

Mr. Klein

Ricky Jay

Ricky Jay

George Lang

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