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Bookmark this pageThe Amateur (1981)
Director: Charles Jarrott
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From Time Out Film Guide
From a compelling opening with all the sensational detachment of photojournalism - the random execution of a woman hostage by international terrorists - this turns into a lumbering vehicle for woolly idealism, trite moralising, and gung-ho action as the dead woman's boyfriend (a computer technologist) blackmails his CIA employers into helping avenge the murder. Stock characterisation and dreadful dialogue scarcely aid credibility. (From the novel by Robert Littell.Author: FD
Cast & crew
Director: Charles Jarrott
Producer: Joe B Michaels, Garth H Drabinsky
Cast: John Savage, Christopher Plummer, Marthe Keller, Arthur Hill, Nicholas Campbell, John Marley, George Coe full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 112 mins
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