The Ugly American
The Ugly American
Release: 1963-04-02
·Runtime: 115m
·★ 6.6
Thriller
Drama
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?
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Universal International Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
John Daheim
as Late Arrival at Meeting
Leon Lontoc
as Lee Pang
Jocelyn Brando
as Emma Atkins
Simon Scott
as Johnson
Judson Pratt
as Joe Bing
Frances Helm
Marlon Brando
as Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite
Sandra Church
as Marion MacWhite
Pat Hingle
as Homer Atkins
Arthur Hill
as Grainger
Philip Ober
as Ambassador Sears
Carl Benton Reid
as Senator at Confirmation Hearing
Stefan Schnabel
as Andrei Krupitzyn
Eiji Okada
as Deong
Reiko Sato
as Rachani, Deong's Wife
James Yagi
