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The Ugly American

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6.6(37)19631h 55m2

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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Released
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Language
English
  • politics
  • southeast asia
  • fictitious country
  • u.s. ambassador

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United States of America

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical2 Apr 1963
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical169 Aug 1963

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The Ugly American was released on 2 April 1963.

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    Wuchak

    3/8/2020

    5/10

    ***Why the Vietnam War happened*** Based on influential 1958 American political novel, “The Ugly American” (1963) is a realistic film, a political drama/thriller featuring Marlon Brando as a new American diplomat in a Vietnam-like Southeast Asian nation that is painfully struggling between capitalist & communist factions. Eiji Okada plays the country's revolutionary leader, a previous best-friend of MacWhite (Bran…

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