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The Quiet American was the first major American-financed film to touch upon the powder-keg situation in Vietnam (still referred to as Indochina in 1958). Audie Murphy plays an enigmatic American who comes to Saigon, ostensibly on an economic mission. He meets an embittered journalist (Michael Redgrave) who is living with an Indochinese girl (Giorgia Moll). The American falls for the girl and promises to marry her. In retaliation, the reporter tells the communists that the American GI's economist stance is a cover, and that he is actually selling munitions to non-communist troops.
Original Release
02/08/1958
US Release
02/08/1958
Cast
Name | Character |
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Audie Murphy | The American |
Michael Redgrave | Thomas Fowler |
Claude Dauphin | Inspector Vigot |
Giorgia Moll | Phuong |
Bruce Cabot | Bill Granger |
Fred Sadoff | Dominguez |
Kerima | Phuong's Sister |
Richard Loo | Mr. Heng |
Peter Trent | Eliot Wilkins |
Georges Brehat | French Colonel |
Directors
Writers
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Graham Greene
Cast
Name | Character |
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Audie Murphy | The American |
Michael Redgrave | Thomas Fowler |
Claude Dauphin | Inspector Vigot |
Giorgia Moll | Phuong |
Bruce Cabot | Bill Granger |
Fred Sadoff | Dominguez |
Kerima | Phuong's Sister |
Richard Loo | Mr. Heng |
Peter Trent | Eliot Wilkins |
Georges Brehat | French Colonel |
Clinton Anderson | Joe Morton |
Yoko Tani | Rendezvous Hostess |
Nguyen Long | Boy with Mask |
C. Long Cuong | Boy in Watchtower |
Tu An | Boy in Watchtower |
Vo Doan Chau | Cao-Dai Commandant |
Le Van Le | Cao-Dai Pope's Deputy |
Cho Cha Lung | Hotel Waiter |
Sonia Moser | Yvette |
Le Quynh | Masked Man |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Producer |
Vinh Noan | Producer |
Michał Waszyński | Producer |