The Quiet American (1958)
- Starring:
- Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, (more)
- Director(s):
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Quiet American
The Quiet American was the first major American-financed film to touch upon the powder-keg situation in Vietnam (still referred to as Indochina in 1958). Audie Murphy plays an enigmatic American who comes to Saigon, ostensibly on an economic mission. He meets an embittered journalist (Michael Redgrave) who is living with an Indochinese girl (Giorgia Moll). The American falls for the girl and promises to marry her. In retaliation, the reporter tells the communists that the American GI's economist stance is a cover, and that he is actually selling munitions to non-communist troops. Graham Greene had intended his novel The Quiet American to be an attack against American influence in Southeast Asia. Producer/director/adapter Joseph L. Mankiewicz would have none of that, so he changed the ending into a pro-Yankee tract -- thereby killing any impact the film might have had. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 122 mins
Complete Cast of The Quiet American
- Audie Murphy - The American
- Claude Dauphin - Inspector Vigot
- Kerima - Phuong's Sister
- Fred Sadoff - Dominguez
- Peter Trent - Eliot Wilkins
- Sonia Moser - Yvette
- Nguyen Long - Boy with Mask
- Le Van Le - Cao-Dai Pope's Deputy
- Vo Doan Chau - Cao-Dai Commandant
- Michael Redgrave - Thomas Fowler
- Giorgia Moll - Phuong
- Bruce Cabot - Bill Granger
- Richard Loo - Mr. Heng
- Clinton Anderson - Joe Morton
- Georges Brehat - French Colonel
- Yoko Tani - Hostess
- Nguyen Long - Boy with Mask
- Phoung Thi Nghiep - Isabelle
- Director(s):
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Writer(s):
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Producer(s):
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Categories:
- Mystery & Suspense
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