The Amateur
“In a world of professional assassins, there is no room for an amateur.”
1981•R•1h 52m•5.4•Released
ActionCrimeThriller
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.
Director
Charles Jarrott
Writer
Robert Littell, Diana Maddox
Budget
$8M
Revenue
$7M
Languages
English
Studio
Balkan Productions
Cast
John Savage
Charles Heller
Christopher Plummer
Professor Lakos
Marthe Keller
Elisabeth
Arthur Hill
Brewer
Nicholas Campbell
Schraeger
George Coe
Rutledge
John Marley
Molton
Jan Rubeš
Kaplan
Ed Lauter
Anderson
Miguel Fernandes
Botaro
Jan Tříska
Rodzenko
Graham Jarvis
Porter
Jacques Godin
Argus
Chapelle Jaffe
Gretchen
Lynne Griffin
Sarah
Production
Company
Balkan Productions
Company
Tiberius Film Productions
Producer
Garth Drabinsky
Producer
Joel B. Michaels
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