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Title The quiet American / United Artists ; written for the screen and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

Publication Info. [Calif.?] : MGM Home Entertainment, 2005.
©1958

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 Moore Video  PN1997 .Q685 2005    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 DVD (DVD) (126 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium monochrome
Description digital
optical
video file
DVD video
Note Based upon the novel by Graham Greene.
Credits Music by Mario Nascimbene ; conducted by Franco Ferrara ; edited by William Hornbeck.
Cast Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, Claude Dauphin, Giorgia Moll.
Summary In 1952, Saigon is caught between the corrupt colonial powers and the Communist uprising. An idealistic young American champions a Third Force, but cynical British journalist Thomas Fowler 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.
Audience MPAA rating: Not rated.
Original Version Originally released as a motion picture 1958.
System Details DVD.
Language English, French or Spanish dialogues, French or Spanish subtitles.
Subject Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 -- Film adaptations.
Greene, Graham, 1904-1991.
Genre/Form Film adaptations.
Subject Indochinese War, 1946-1954 -- Journalists -- Drama.
Indochinese War (1946-1954)
Journalists.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject War correspondents -- Drama.
War correspondents.
Feature films -- United States.
Feature films.
United States.
Feature films -- Vietnam.
Vietnam.
War films -- Vietnam.
War films.
Feature films.
Indochina -- Politics and government -- 1945- -- Drama.
Indochina.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1945-
Subject Vietnam -- Politics and government -- 1945-1975 -- Drama.
Chronological Term 1945-1975
Since 1945
Genre/Form War films.
Political plays.
Feature films.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Added Author Murphy, Audie, 1924-1971.
Dauphin, Claude.
Redgrave, Michael.
Moll, Giorgia, 1938-
Mankiewicz, Joseph L.
Nascimbene, Mario.
Greene, Graham, 1904-1991. Quiet American.
MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
United Artists Corporation.
ISBN 0792866614
9780792866619
Music No. KAL1269