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Rating: 6 stars

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The Amateur (1981)

Directed by Charles Jarrott

Action | Thriller

Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 112 minutes

Actors

John Savage | Christopher Plummer | Marthe Keller | Arthur Hill | Nicholas Campbell | George Coe | John Marley | Jan Rubeš | Ed Lauter | Miguel Fernandes | Jan Tříska | Graham Jarvis | Jacques Godin | Chapelle Jaffe | Lynne Griffin | Vlasta Vrána | Vladimír Valenta | Neil Dainard | Lee Broker | Tedde Moore | Maruska Stankova | Iréna Mayeska | George Buza | George R. Robertson | John Kerr | Guy Sanvido | Robert Beatty | Walter Reyer | Peter Wolsdorff | Henry Gomez | Erin Noble | Lisa Schrage | Susan Young | Anthony Kramreither | Paul Reymont | Aubrey Taylor | Roman Chabursky | Bob Lem | Fred Culik | Peter Langley | Harry Hornisch | Helmut Gräf | Vladimir Bondarenko | Zdenek Gruner

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Having discovered that the recent THE AMATEUR was a remake, and finding out the original was on Hulu (thanks Ron!), I had to check it out.

This is a good spy thriller. It sort of belongs with the cynical Watergate-era films where the CIA is almost as bad as the terrorists.

Compared to the remake, the most interesting thing is the state-of-the-art technology in both films. Also interesting that a swimming pool is used kill a terrorist in both films.

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