April 2, 1963
115 minutes
ThrillerDrama
The Ugly American
An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearing at the hands of conservatives to become ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war threatens a tense peace. Despite his knowledge, once he's there, MacWhite sees only a dichotomy between the U.S. and Communism. He can't accept that anti-American sentiment might be a longing for self-determination and nationalism. So, he breaks from his friend Deong, a local opposition leader, ignores a foreman's advice about slowing the building of a road, and tries to muscle ahead. What price must the country and his friends pay for him to get some sense?
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Cast
Marlon Brando
(Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite)
Eiji Okada
(Deong)
Sandra Church
(Marion MacWhite)
Pat Hingle
(Homer Atkins)
Arthur Hill
(Grainger)
Jocelyn Brando
(Emma Atkins)
Reiko Sato
(Rachani, Deong's Wife)
Kukrit Pramoj
(Prime Minister Kwen Sai)
Judson Pratt
(Joe Bing)
George Shibata
(Munsang)
Philip Ober
(Ambassador Sears)
Carl Benton Reid
(Senator at Confirmation Hearing)
Judson Laire
(Senator Brenner)
Yee Tak Yip
(Sawad, Deong's Assistant)
Frances Helm
()
James Yagi
()
John Daheim
(Late Arrival at Meeting)
Leon Lontoc
(Lee Pang)
Bill Stout
(Tyler, NBC Reporter)
Stefan Schnabel
(Andrei Krupitzyn)
Simon Scott
(Johnson)
Stuart Hall
(Hearing Spectator (uncredited))
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