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The Quiet American

Audie Murphy (Actor), Michael Redgrave (Actor), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Director, Writer) Rated:

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Genre	Mystery & Thrillers
Format	Subtitled, Closed-captioned, Full Screen, NTSC, Black & White
Contributor	Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, Claude Dauphin, Bruce Cabot, Clinton Anderson, Richard Loo, Kerima, Graham Greene, Fred Sadoff, Giorgia Moll, Yoko Tani, Georges Brhat, Peter Trent, Joseph L. Mankiewicz See more
Language	English
Runtime	2 hours

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A love triangle brews amidst a growing political tempest in this "brilliantly intellectual" (Los Angeles Times) film in which nothing is quite as it seems. Adapted from the acclaimed novel by Graham Greene, Academy Award-winning writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's screenplay "delivers dialogue that not only sparkles but bites deep with the irony of truth" (Citizen-News). In 1952, Saigon is caught between the corrupt colonial powers and the Communist uprising. An idealistic young American (Audie Murphy) champions a shadowy Third Force, but cynical British journalist Thomas Fowler (Michael Redgrave) is concerned only with the American's interest in his mistress. When jealousy forces Fowler to take sides at last, the personal and political consequences are devastating.

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.66:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 5.75 x 0.53 inches; 2.88 ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Subtitled, Closed-captioned, Full Screen, NTSC, Black & White
Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours
Release date ‏ : ‎ April 19, 2005
Actors ‏ : ‎ Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, Claude Dauphin, Giorgia Moll, Bruce Cabot
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French, Spanish
Studio ‏ : ‎ MGM (Video & DVD)
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00079ZAD6
Writers ‏ : ‎ Graham Greene, Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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P L Ramsey

Great movie

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2024

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A good movie, the subterfuge was great with the newspaperman not believe he is biased and being shown his bias is wonderful. Of course it only cost the death of a main character and many innocents, his good sources are not so good and using him, and the love interest sees him for what he is (and his catholic wife
gives him the divorce).

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Teresa Dashwood

The Quiet Actor: Audie Murphy Plays an Incredible Part in a Film about Pre-US Vietnam

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2022

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As usual, Audie Murphy gets an A for his acting in this important film, which should have served as a warning about the US getting involved in the Vietnam War. In this film, the French are still in Vietnam, and the action demonstrates the impossible task of invading and occupying a country that doesn't want invasion or occupation.

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WSH

The better version?

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2010

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The debate over whether this or the more recent Michael Caine version of "The Quiet American" is better tends to revolve around the ending. The 1958 version is certainly less faithful to the ambiguous Greene novel - nevertheless, the ending the director, Mankiewicz, wrote is perfectly consonant with the rest of the film and has a dramatic truth of its own. The politics of the subject matter should not be allowed to obscure this. Rather than being dismissed as dated and politically incorrect, what recommends the earlier version are its strong cinematic elements - filmed on location in Saigon - and a strong cast, particularly Michael Redgrave's performance. Some viewers may question the acting abilities of Audie Murphy, but his is a rather clever piece of casting. The script is rather too wordy, though rarely dull, and the improbability of a reporter who never reports and carries a camera but never uses it also weakens the story - but the look and mood of this production merit high marks.

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DUCK HUNTER

A GOOD MOVIE

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2013

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I enjoyed this black and white movie if for no other reason it is to my knowledge the only one made (parts of it) in South Vietnam before the war escalated. I was there for one year in Danang 1968-69 and went to Saigon on four short visits. I had not seen this movie in many years, perhaps as a young fellow back about the time of its release in 1958 but remembered the attack on the guard tower, Will watch it again.

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Kathleen R

Classic

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2021

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I always wanted to see this classic Movie after reading the Gresham Greene book. The updated “Quiet American” with Brendan Frazier is excellent too.

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a product of its time

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2012

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An odd movie-watching experience. For the first hour and a half it seems to be following the book pretty faithfully. True, there is no opium and Redgrave's Fowler is way too stuffy. The American journalists are not portrayed as drunken boors. There is a brave attempt at emulating the Third Man by shooting on location (in Saigon), but the Italian studio scenes dominate. The dialogue is wordy and unhelpful - you still need to have read the book to know what's going on. It sounds like a stage play from the 50s - worthy but stilted... But you put all this down to the times. Ms. Moll is primly pneumatic as Phuong. You put that down to the times, too.

So, despite a few qualms, the film seems to be progressing nicely. Then you start thinking. The doubts creep in. For the literary 1950s cinema goer the realization dawns just as you are reaching for your coat and wondering if you'll be in time for the last bus: in a tacked-on ending, the original plot is completely subverted and it is Fowler who is made to look the naive fool, while Pyle is the hero, not responsible for the deadly car bomb.

Having said all that, this DVD was a pleasant way to while away a Saturday afternoon. Fun to see old Audie doing something different from shooting Injuns. I nearly gave it just two stars, but the quality of the camera work, not to mention Ms. Moll's very un-Vietnamese, upturned ...er... nose, brightened my day.

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Daniel S.

JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ, OPUS 15

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2008

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****1/2 1958. Co-written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, THE QUIET AMERICAN is an adaptation of Graham Greene's The Quiet American (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) . Is Audie Murphy a spy or an idealist ? Michael Redgrave doesn't hesitate much when the American starts to court his Vietnamese mistress. This excellent adaptation will leave you a bitter aftertaste in the mouth thanks to Michael Redgrave's superior performance as the cur Thomas Fowler. highly recommended.

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Jerry W. Stubblefield

The remake is much better than this Hollywoodized version of an excellent book

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2015

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The remake is much better than this Hollywoodized version of an excellent book. The producers were apparently afraid to present the author's viewpoint so they changed it to reflect American yahooism of the period.

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Michel Prince

A good version of the Graham Greene famous novel.

Reviewed in Canada on June 15, 2019

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The DVD was fine, I'm granting it 5 stars. I don't think that I ought to add anything.

Mr. Charles R. Day

First is best

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 23, 2010

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The Films of Audie Murphy I recently purchased both this 1958 original and the 2002 remake, and watched them both in the same day. Whilst the latter, which is in colour, obviously commanded a bigger budget, it is markedly inferior to the original version. Michael Redgrave is superb and Audie Murphy gives his best ever performance - his so called 'wooden' acting being ideally suited to the role.

But the main reason for preferring this version is the script by its director Joseph Mankiewicz. The film is based on a Graham Greene novel and should therefore provide, to say the least, food for thought. I understand Greene rejected this version because the American was painted in too sympathetic a light, but that does not alter the fact that the script is riveting from beginning to end, placing the whole story in a moral context of American versus Old World values that the remake does not address in the same meaningful way.

This film was a revelation to me and I urge anyone interested in American involvement in world affairs in the 20th century to see it.

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Diane Giesbrecht

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on March 22, 2016

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Very good movie. Audie Murphy quite surprised me in his performance. Really enjoyed the movie.

Mrs N A farenden

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2015

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my mum loved it

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