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The Amateur
“In a world of professional assassins, there is no room for an amateur.”
5.4 / 10• 1981• 1h 52m•R• English
ActionCrimeThriller
Storyline
A 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.
Cast & Crew
John Savage
Charles Heller
Lead
Christopher Plummer
Professor Lakos
Marthe Keller
Elisabeth
Arthur Hill
Brewer
Nicholas Campbell
Schraeger
George Coe
Rutledge
John Marley
Molton
Jan Rubeš
Kaplan
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Charles Jarrott's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Amateur is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
