Action ·Crime ·Thriller · Canada · 1981 · 1h 52m

The Amateur

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Director
Charles Jarrott
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
Crew
John Coquillon — Director of Photography Stephan Fanfara — Editor Kenneth Wannberg — Original Music Composer Robert Littell — Screenplay Diana Maddox — Writer Robert Littell — Novel
Tagline

In a world of professional assassins, there is no room for an amateur.

Synopsis

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.

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Mood & Themes
assassincentral intelligence agency (cia)murdered wife
Key Collaborators
Charles Jarrott Director John Coquillon Director of Photography Stephan Fanfara Editor Kenneth Wannberg Original Music Composer Robert Littell Screenplay Diana Maddox Writer Robert Littell Novel Garth Drabinsky Producer Joel B. Michaels Producer
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