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The Amateur(1981)
Status: Released
Date: 1981-12-11
54%
19 Votes
Time: 1h 52m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Canada
Budget: $8,338,578.00
Revenue: $6,892,098.00
ProductionCompanies:
Balkan Productions
Tiberius Film Productions
Movie: The Amateur
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
Ed Lauter
Anderson
Miguel Fernandes
Botaro
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