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The Quiet American (1958)In this adaptation of Graham Greene's prophetic novel about U.S. foreign policy failure in pre-war Indochina... See full summary » Director:Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
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Audie Murphy | ... | |
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Michael Redgrave | ... | |
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Claude Dauphin | ... | |
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Fred Sadoff | ... |
Dominguez
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Kerima | ... | |
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Richard Loo | ... | |
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Peter Trent | ... |
Eliot Wilkins
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Georges Bréhat | ... |
French Colonel
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Clinton Anderson | ... |
Joe Morton
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Yoko Tani | ... |
Rendezvous Hostess
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Nguyen Long | ... |
Boy with Mask
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C. Long Cuong | ... | |
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Tu An | ... | |
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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 Michael Redgrave. They play out their widely different views on the prospects stuggle 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, but he ends up an expendable pawn in the end. Written by Rita Richardson <RRichar790@aol.com>
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Vier Pfeifen Opium See more »Filming Locations:
Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, ItalyCompany Credits
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| USA: (TCM Print)Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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1.66 : 1
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The American: I'm from a country that's been in existence for less than two hundred years, in a very old world. That same fifty years ago, we were barely taken seriously as a nation, much less a great force for wisdom and decision. But suddenly now, a watch tick of history later, the world waits angrily for us to provide the answers it hasn't been able to find in fifty centuries.See more »
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