The Ugly American

The Ugly American (1963)

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An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearing at the hands of conservatives to become ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war threatens a tense peace. Despite his knowledge, once he's there, MacWhite sees only a dichotomy between the U.S. and Communism. He can't accept that anti-American sentiment might be a longing for self-determination and nationalism. So, he breaks from his friend Deong, a local opposition leader, ignores a foreman's advice about slowing the building of a road, and tries to muscle ahead. What price must the country and his friends pay for him to get some sense?

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  • Release Date: 1963-04-02
  • Runtime: 1h 55min
  • Director: George Englund

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Cast

  • Marlon Brando

    Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite

  • Eiji Okada

    Deong

  • Sandra Church

    Marion MacWhite

  • Pat Hingle

    Homer Atkins

  • Arthur Hill

    Grainger

  • Jocelyn Brando

    Emma Atkins

  • Reiko Sato

    Rachani, Deong's Wife

  • Kukrit Pramoj

    Prime Minister Kwen Sai

  • Judson Pratt

    Joe Bing

  • George Shibata

    Munsang

  • Philip Ober

    Ambassador Sears

  • Carl Benton Reid

    Senator at Confirmation Hearing

  • Judson Laire

    Senator Brenner

  • Yee Tak Yip

    Sawad, Deong's Assistant

  • Frances Helm

  • James Yagi

  • John Daheim

    Late Arrival at Meeting

  • Leon Lontoc

    Lee Pang

  • Bill Stout

    Tyler, NBC Reporter

  • Stefan Schnabel

    Andrei Krupitzyn

  • Simon Scott

    Johnson

  • Stuart Hall

    Hearing Spectator (uncredited)

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