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The Ugly American

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1963★ 6.6 · 371h 55mThrillerDrama

Overview

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

Marlon Brando
as Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite

Pat Hingle
as Homer Atkins

Arthur Hill
as Grainger

岡田英次
as Deong

Carl Benton Reid
as Senator at Confirmation Hearing

Philip Ober
as Ambassador Sears

Jocelyn Brando
as Emma Atkins

Simon Scott
as Johnson

Stefan Schnabel
as Andrei Krupitzyn

John Daheim
as Late Arrival at Meeting

Judson Pratt
as Joe Bing

Leon Lontoc
as Lee Pang

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Release date: 1963-04-02

Runtime: 1h 55m

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ThrillerDrama

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