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The Amateur(Movie, 1981)

1h 52min | Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
The AmateurRating: 3.1/5 (with 55 votes)
The Amateur is a 1981 Canadian crime thriller film directed by Charles Jarrott and written by Robert Littell and Diana Maddox, based on Littell's 1981 novel of the same name. It stars John Savage, Christopher Plummer, and Marthe Keller. ()
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About The Amateur

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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Additional Information

Production country: Canada
Shot in: Toronto
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 6 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT)
Status: Released
Release date US: 02/12/1982 (World premiere: 12/11/1981)
Director: Charles Jarrott
Screenwriter: Robert Littell
Director of Photography: John Coquillon
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"L'homme de Prague"
Keywords: suspense
Budget: 8,338,578 USD
Revenue: 6,892,098 USD (= 83%)

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Other movies with this title: The Amateur (AR, 1999), The Amateur (2014), The Amateur (RO, 2019), The Amateur (NO, 2021), The Amateur (US, 2024)

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