The Amateur

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

5.4/ 10 19 votes 1981-12-11 1h 52m 1 popularity

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

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Budget

$8M

Revenue

$7M

Cast

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John Savage

Charles Heller

Christopher Plummer

Professor Lakos

Marthe Keller

Elisabeth

Arthur Hill

Brewer

Nicholas Campbell

Schraeger

George Coe

Rutledge

John Marley

Molton

Jan Rubeš

Kaplan

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