The Ugly American (1963)
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80% of critics liked it
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67% of users liked it
(2,101 ratings)
Taken from a best-selling book, this is an uneven, politically tinged drama by George Englund that does not really follow the book that closely. Marlon Brando is Harrison Carter MacWhite, an ambassador to a Southeast Asian country that goes unnamed but stands in well for Vietnam. There is a growing… More Taken from a best-selling book, this is an uneven, politically tinged drama by George Englund that does not really follow the book that closely. Marlon Brando is Harrison Carter MacWhite, an ambassador to a Southeast Asian country that goes unnamed but stands in well for Vietnam. There is a growing movement against Yankee imperialism and the current government, increasing unrest, and other signs of a complex situation getting worse. At first the ambassador relies on past training and has his own facile explanations for the unfolding events. But as time goes by, he comes to learn that a revolutionary movement is not one-dimensional. Unfortunately, the film itself never adequately clarifies the events it depicts. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Englund
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Apr 2, 1963 Wide
- Studio
- MCA Universal Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Andrew L. Urban, Urban Cinefile
Brando is excellent, as is Okada (notwithstanding his Japanese ethnicity) as the two old friends find themselves on opposing political sides - both right, both wrong
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Too talky, conventional, vague and ponderous.
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Cast
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Marlon Brando
as Harrison Carter MacWhite
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Eiji Okada
as Deong
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Sandra Church
as Marion MacWhite
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Arthur Hill
as Grainger
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Pat Hingle
as Homer Atkins
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Jocelyn Brando
as Emma Atkins
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Kukrit Pramoj
as Prime Minister Kwen Sai
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Judson Pratt
as Joe Bing
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Reiko Sato
as Rachani
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George Shibata
as Munsang
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Judson Laire
as Sen. Brenner
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Philip Ober
as Sears
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Stefan Schnabel
as Andrei Krupitzyn
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Pock Rock Ann
as Col. Chee
- John Day
- Leon Lontoc
- Carl Benton Reid
- Simon Scott
- James Yagi
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Yee Tak Yip
as Sawad
- Frances Helm
- Bill Stout
