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The Ugly American

6.619631h 55mMovieThrillerDrama

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…

DirectorGeorge Englund
WriterStewart Stern
ProducerGeorge Englund

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Cast · Directed by George Englund

MBMarlon Brando
Marlon Brando
Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite
EOEiji Okada
Eiji Okada
Deong
SCSandra Church
Sandra Church
Marion MacWhite
PHPat Hingle
Pat Hingle
Homer Atkins
AHArthur Hill
Arthur Hill
Grainger
JBJocelyn Brando
Jocelyn Brando
Emma Atkins
RSReiko Sato
Reiko Sato
Rachani, Deong's Wife
KP
Kukrit Pramoj
Prime Minister Kwen Sai
JPJudson Pratt
Judson Pratt
Joe Bing
GS
George Shibata
Munsang
POPhilip Ober
Philip Ober
Ambassador Sears
CRCarl Benton Reid
Carl Benton Reid
Senator at Confirmation Hearing

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