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The Amateur
- Theatrical - Wide 1982-02-12
- Cast John Savage Christopher Plummer Marthe Keller Arthur Hill Nicholas Campbell
- Directed by Charles Jarrott
- Written by Robert Littell
Box Office Gross:
$6,892,098
Running Time:
112 minutes
Language:
English
Production Company:
Balkan Productions, Tiberius Film Productions
Genres:
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Synopsis
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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