The Amateur (1981 film)
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Charles Jarrott |
| Produced by |
Garth Drabinsky (producer) (as Garth H. Drabinsky) Mario Kassar (executive producer) Joel B. Michaels Andrew G. Vajna (as Andrew Vajna) |
| Written by |
Robert Littell (screenplay and novel) Diana Maddox |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Kenneth Wannberg |
| Cinematography | John Coquillon |
| Edited by | Stephan Fanfara |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Release date
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December 11, 1981 (Canada) February 12, 1982 (United States) |
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Running time
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112 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$10 million |
| Box office | $6,892,098 |
The Amateur is a 1981 Canadian crime/thriller film directed by Charles Jarrott with a screenplay by Robert Littell, which he then adapted into a novel of the same name. It stars John Savage and Christopher Plummer.
When his fiancée is murdered by terrorists, a CIA cryptographer blackmails his superiors into sending him on a field assignment into Czechoslovakia to assassinate those responsible. Once there, however, he discovers a web of deception underneath his fiancée's death.
1982 nominations:
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