The Ugly American
02/04/1963
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?
Movie Information
Marlon Brando
as Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite
Eiji Okada
as Deong
Sandra Church
as Marion MacWhite
Pat Hingle
as Homer Atkins
Arthur Hill
as Grainger
Jocelyn Brando
as Emma Atkins
Reiko Sato
as Rachani, Deong's Wife
Kukrit Pramoj
as Prime Minister Kwen Sai
Judson Pratt
as Joe Bing
George Shibata
as Munsang
Philip Ober
as Ambassador Sears
Carl Benton Reid
as Senator at Confirmation Hearing
Judson Laire
as Senator Brenner
Yee Tak Yip
as Sawad, Deong's Assistant
Frances Helm
as
James Yagi
as
John Daheim
as Late Arrival at Meeting
Leon Lontoc
as Lee Pang
Bill Stout
as Tyler, NBC Reporter
Stefan Schnabel
as Andrei Krupitzyn
Simon Scott
as Johnson
Stuart Hall
as Hearing Spectator (uncredited)
