The Quiet American (1958)
The Quiet American is a book-based movie adapted from "The Quiet American" by Graham Greene. This Drama/Romance film is a loose adaptation, and its release date is February 8, 1958.
The Source Material
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Overview
"I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused," Graham Greene's narrator Fowler remarks of Alden Pyle, the eponymous "Quiet American" of what is perhaps the most controversial novel of his career. Pyle is the brash young idealist sen…
About The Movie
Description
Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.
Details
- Title
- The Quiet American
- Original Title
- The Quiet American
- Original Language
- EN
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, War
- US Theatrical
- February 8, 1958 · Rated NR