The Amateur
5.9
“In a world of professional assassins, there is no room for an amateur.”
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.
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Cast
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John Savage
Charles Heller
Known for
The Deer Hunter
Dark Angel
Christopher Plummer
Professor Lakos
Known for
Up
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Marthe Keller
Elisabeth
Known for
Marathon Man
Marie Antoinette
Arthur Hill
Brewer
Known for
The Andromeda Strain
Futureworld
Nicholas Campbell
Schraeger
Known for
Coroner
Books of Blood
George Coe
Rutledge
Known for
Kramer vs. Kramer
Archer
John Marley
Molton
Known for
The Godfather
Love Story
Jan Rubeš
Kaplan
Known for
Witness
D2: The Mighty Ducks
Ed Lauter
Anderson
Known for
The Number 23
The Artist
Miguel Fernandes
Botaro
Known for
Rabid
Trancers
Jan Tříska
Rodzenko
Known for
Apt Pupil
Ronin
Graham Jarvis
Porter
Known for
Misery
Fame
Charles Jarrott Director · Robert Littell Screenplay Diana Maddox Writer
Worldwide gross $6.9M · Budget $8.3M · United States release February 12, 1982
Box office
Budget
$8,338,578
Worldwide gross
$6,892,098
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
Balkan Productions
Production
Tiberius Film Productions
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio
Canada
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · December 11, 1981
Theatrical
United States · February 12, 1982
Theatrical
Germany
March 12, 1982 · Theatrical
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