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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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Central Intelligence Agency
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20th Century Studios
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Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture
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London
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Washington, D.C.
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Vienna
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Prague
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Toronto
Entity
terrorism
Entity
Czechoslovakia
Entity
IMDb
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The New York Times
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cryptography
Entity
Hugh Jackman
Person
Christopher Plummer
Entity
Roger Ebert
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Iron Curtain
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Rami Malek
Person
Laurence Fishburne
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Rachel Brosnahan
Person
Categories
1980s political thriller films1980s spy thriller films1980s vigilante films1981 Canadian films1981 crime thriller films1981 English-language films1981 films20th Century Fox filmsCanadian crime thriller filmsCanadian films about revengeCanadian political thriller filmsCanadian spy filmsCold War spy filmsEnglish-language Canadian filmsEnglish-language crime thriller filmsEnglish-language spy thriller filmsFilms about terrorism in EuropeFilms about the Central Intelligence AgencyFilms based on American crime novelsFilms based on American thriller novelsFilms directed by Charles JarrottFilms produced by Joel B. MichaelsFilms set in CzechoslovakiaFilms set in the United States