The Amateur
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The Amateur is a 1981 espionage thriller film about a CIA cryptographer who seeks personal revenge after his fiancée is killed in a terrorist attack.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
espionage film
ⓘ
film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Robert Littell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Amateur (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Albert J. Dunk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Laurence Rosenthal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Charles Jarrott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Avco Embassy Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Ralph Brunjes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Toronto
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsCharacterOccupation | CIA cryptographer ⓘ |
| genre |
espionage
ⓘ
thriller ⓘ |
| hasCIAAsOrganizationDepicted | true ⓘ |
| hasFianceeCharacterKilledBy | terrorist attack ⓘ |
| hasMaleProtagonist | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
espionage
ⓘ
revenge ⓘ terrorism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Charles Heller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | personal vendetta against terrorists ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Cold War spy films ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A CIA cryptographer seeks personal revenge after his fiancée is killed in a terrorist attack. ⓘ |
| producer | Martin Ransohoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Marvin Worth Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1981 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| runtime | 112 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Laurence Rosenthal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Littell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Arthur Hill
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Christopher Plummer NERFINISHED ⓘ Ed Lauter NERFINISHED ⓘ George Coe NERFINISHED ⓘ John Savage NERFINISHED ⓘ Marthe Keller NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | English ⓘ |
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