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5.4A researcher for the CIA who convinces his superiors to send him to the eastern bloc in order to avenge the murder of his wife by enemy agents discovers a web of deception underneath his wife's death.
Released: 1981-12-11112 minDir: Charles JarrottAction, Crime, ThrillerBudget: $8.3MBox office: $6.9M
Cast
- John Savage as Charles Heller
- Christopher Plummer as Professor Lakos
- Marthe Keller as Elisabeth
- Arthur Hill as Brewer
- Nicholas Campbell as Schraeger
- George Coe as Rutledge
Themes
- assassin
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- murdered wife
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- terrorism
- Director
- Charles Jarrott
- Screenwriter
- Robert Littell
- Cast member
- John Marley
- Composer
- Kenneth Wannberg
- Producer
- Andrew G. Vajna
- Cinematographer
- John Coquillon
- Narrative location
- United States
- Filming location
- Toronto
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 526208
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- publication date
- 1982-10-07
- title
- The Amateur
- distributed by
- 20th Century Studios
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