The Amateur

Dec 11, 1981

1h 52m

★ 5.4

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Action

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Balkan Productions

Tiberius Film Productions

The Amateur Trailers

Cast

Charles Heller

John Savage

Professor Lakos

Christopher Plummer

Elisabeth

Marthe Keller

Brewer

Arthur Hill

Schraeger

Nicholas Campbell

Rutledge

George Coe

Molton

John Marley

Kaplan

Jan Rubeš

Anderson

Ed Lauter

Botaro

Miguel Fernandes

Rodzenko

Jan Tříska

Porter

Graham Jarvis

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6.5

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7.0

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5.3

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8.1

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6.8

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7.1

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6.4

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7.3

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7.3

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6.1

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6.2

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6.6

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7.3

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5.5

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0.0

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6.7

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5.7

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5.8

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5.1

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