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The Amateur

The Amateur1981

★5.4112 minActionCrimeThriller

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

Diana Maddox Robert Littell

Score

Kenneth Wannberg

Stars

John Savage Christopher Plummer Marthe Keller

Cast43

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
John Marley
as Molton
Jan Rubeš
as Kaplan
Ed Lauter
as Anderson
Miguel Fernandes
as Botaro
Jan Tříska
as Rodzenko
Graham Jarvis
as Porter
Jacques Godin
as Argus
Chapelle Jaffe
as Gretchen
Lynne Griffin
as Sarah
Vlasta Vrana
as Guide
V
Vladimír Valenta
as Uncle Ludwig
Neil Dainard
as Slater
L
Lee Broker
as Sharp-Eyed Man
Tedde Moore
as Newscaster
M
Maruska Stankova
as Eva Lakos
I
Iréna Mayeska
as Woman Clerk
George Buza
as Terrorist #4
George R. Robertson
as U.S. Consul
John Kerr
as CIA Security Guard
G
Guy Sanvido
as News Vendor
Robert Beatty
as Ambassador Neville
Walther Reyer
as Chancellor
P
Peter Wolsdorff
as General Felder
H
Henry Gomez
as Master Sergeant
Erin Noble
as Waitress
Lisa Schrage
as Teenage Girl #1
S
Susan Young
as Teenage Girl #2
A
Anthony Kramreither
as TV Director
P
Paul Reymont
as TV Technician
R
Roman Chabursky
as Busboy
B
Bob Lem
as Nakamura
F
Fred Culik
as Martin
P
Peter Langley
as Demolitions Expert
H
Harry Hornisch
as Watcher
H
Helmut Gräf
as Taxi Driver
V
Vladimir Bondarenko
as Czech Detective
Z
Zdenek Gruner
as Czech Officer

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