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May 15, 1998 · The Spanish Prisoner: Directed by David Mamet. With Campbell Scott, Ricky Jay, Rebecca Pidgeon, Richard L. Friedman. An employee who develops a lucrative secret process for his corporation is tempted to betray the company when higher ups attempt to take the process from him.
The Spanish Prisoner is a 1997 American neo-noir suspense film, written and directed by David Mamet and starring Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ben Gazzara, Felicity Huffman and Ricky Jay.
The Spanish Prisoner delivers just what fans of writer-director David Mamet expect: a smart, solidly constructed drama that keeps viewers guessing... and entertained along the way.
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- Crime, Drama
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Apr 24, 1998 · "The Spanish Prisoner'' resembles Alfred Hitchcock in the way that everything takes place in full view, on sunny beaches and in brightly lit rooms, with attractive people smilingly pulling the rug out from under the hero and revealing the abyss.
The Spanish Prisoner is a confidence trick originating by at least the early 19th century, as Eugène François Vidocq described in his memoirs.
An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him. Can he trust the FBI? Can he trust his girl? There's no telling; he's just become the victim of the oldest con game in the book: the 'Spanish Prisoner'. —yusufpiskin
An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him.
The Spanish Prisoner. Joe Ross invents a formula that promises to make his company unimaginably rich. But soon Joe begins to suspect that his boss will never share the profits. With that seed of doubt an intricate con game soon falls into place. 457 IMDb 7.2 1 h 49 min 1998.
Apr 3, 1998 · The Spanish Prisoner is the smoothest and most convincing of Mamet's elaborate charades and features intriguing performances by Steve Martin and Campbell Scott.
