The Amateur (1981)
In a world of professional assassins, there is no room for an amateur.
112 min
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.
- Release date
- December 11, 1981
- Country of origin
- Canada, United States
- Budget
- $8,338,578
- Box office
- $6,892,098
Trailer
Cast
- John Savage as Charles Heller
- Christopher Plummer as Professor Lakos
- Marthe Keller as Elisabeth
- Arthur Hill as Brewer
- Nicholas Campbell as Schraeger
- George Coe as Rutledge
- John Marley as Molton
- Jan Rubes as Kaplan
- Ed Lauter as Anderson
- Miguel Fernandes as Botaro
Crew
- Charles Jarrott · Director
- Robert Littell · Writer
- Diana Maddox · Writer
- Garth H. Drabinsky · Producer
- Joel B. Michaels · Producer
- Kenneth Wannberg · Composer
- John Coquillon · Cinematographer
- Stephan Fanfara · Editor
- Richard Halsey · Editor
- Trevor Williams · Production designer