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Film · Crime, Action, Thriller

The Amateur (1981)

★ 5.4 · 19 votes1 h 52 minCrime, Action, Thriller1981

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

Director
Charles Jarrott
Writers
Diana Maddox, Robert Littell
Country
Canada, United States
Language
English
Release date
December 11, 1981

The Amateur cast

  • John SavageCharles Heller
  • Christopher PlummerProfessor Lakos
  • Marthe KellerElisabeth
  • Arthur HillBrewer
  • Nicholas CampbellSchraeger
  • George CoeRutledge
  • John MarleyMolton
  • Jan RubešKaplan
  • Ed LauterAnderson
  • Miguel FernandesBotaro
  • Jan TřískaRodzenko
  • Graham JarvisPorter
  • Jacques GodinArgus
  • Chapelle JaffeGretchen
  • Lynne GriffinSarah
  • Vlasta VranaGuide
  • Vladimír ValentaUncle Ludwig
  • Neil DainardSlater
  • Lee BrokerSharp-Eyed Man
  • Tedde MooreNewscaster
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