The Ugly American
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1963
1h 55m
NR
English
Thriller, Drama
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The Ugly American
An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearing at the hands of conservatives to become ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war threatens a tense peace. Despite his knowledge, once he's there, MacWhite sees only a dichotomy between the U.S. and Communism. He can't accept that anti-American sentiment might be a longing for self-determination and nationalism. So, he breaks from his friend Deong, a local opposition leader, ignores a foreman's advice about slowing the building of a road, and tries to muscle ahead. What price must the country and his friends pay for him to get some sense?
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Cast
Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite
Deong
Marion MacWhite
Homer Atkins
Grainger
Emma Atkins
Prime Minister Kwen Sai
Senator Brenner
Sawad, Deong's Assistant
Lee Pang
Tyler, NBC Reporter
Andrei Krupitzyn
Johnson
Directed By: George Englund
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Wuchak
4 years ago
***Why the Vietnam War happened***
Based on influential 1958 American political novel, “The Ugly American” (1963) is a realistic film, a political drama/thriller featuring Marlon Brando as a new American diplomat in a Vietnam-like Southeast Asian nation that is painfully struggling between ca More
Based on influential 1958 American political novel, “The Ugly American” (1963) is a realistic film, a political drama/thriller featuring Marlon Brando as a new American diplomat in a Vietnam-like Southeast Asian nation that is painfully struggling between ca More
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