The Quiet American (1958)

TitleThe Quiet American (1958)
Publication TypeFilm
Year of Publication1958
AuthorsMankiewicz, Joseph L.
Running Time2h
Date Released02/05/1958
DistributorUnited Artists
CountryUnited States
Publication LanguageEnglish
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An innocent and enigmatic young American economist (Audie Murphy) and an embittered and cynical English journalist (Michael Redgrave) are both involved with a young Vietnamese woman (Giorgia Moll). Although the original novel was a critique of foreign intervention and American exceptionalism, Mankiewicz’s film focused on the love triangle between the three main characters and turned the story into an anti-communist murder mystery that championed American power, which led Greene to disavow this adaptation as “propaganda.”

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