The Quiet American (1958)

The Quiet American (1958) (DVD) (*)

$23.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
115 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1958 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Written By:
Graham Greene
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Actors:
Audie Murphy ..... The American
Michael Redgrave ..... Thomas Fowler
Claude Dauphin ..... Inspector Vigot
Giorgia Moll ..... Phuong
Bruce Cabot ..... Bill Granger
Fred Sadoff ..... Dominguez
Kerima ..... Phuong's Sister
Richard Loo ..... Mr. Heng
Peter Trent ..... Eliot Wilkins
Georges Bréhat ..... French Colonel
Clinton Anderson ..... Joe Morton
Yôko Tani ..... Rendezvous Hostess
Nguyen Long ..... Boy with Mask
C. Long Cuong ..... Boy in Watchtower
Tu An ..... Boy in Watchtower
Vo Doan Chau ..... Cao-Dai Commandant
Le Van Le ..... Cao-Dai Pope's Deputy
Cho Cha Lung ..... Hotel Waiter
Sonia Moser ..... Yvette
Le Quynh ..... Masked Man
Gregorio Wu ..... Waiter at the Rendezvous club

Synopsis:

In this adaptation of Graham Greene's prophetic novel about U.S. foreign policy failure in pre-war Indochina, Audie Murphy plays an innocent Young American opposite the older, cynical Brit Sir Michael Redgrave. They play out their widely different views on the prospects struggle for the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people in their competition over a young woman. Murphy wants to reform her and make her a typical middle class American housewife; Redgrave accepts her inability to formulate or retain a political ideal and while promising her no real future, he objects to Murphy's attempts to change her. It's not clear whether Murphy is just what he appears - a bungling Yankee do-gooder, or a deliberate agent of U.S. covert operations.

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