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Critic Alan Morrison
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Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser impress in this absorbing version of the Graham Greene novel about Vietnam in the 1950'sPlot.

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Cast & Crew

Phillip Noyce
Director
Michael Caine
As Thomas Fowler
Rade Šerbedžija
As Inspector Vigot
Brendan Fraser
As Alden Pyle
Tzi Ma
As Hinh
Holmes Osborne
As Bill Granger
Mathias Mlekuz
As French Captain

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In 1952, Saigon is a city torn apart by war and political intrigue. A young American, Alden Pyle, arrives with a mission to bring aid and democracy to the Vietnamese people. But as he becomes embroiled in a dangerous love triangle with a British journalist, Thomas Fowler, and his beautiful Vietnamese mistress, Phuong, the lines between love, loyalty, and betrayal become fatally blurred. Against the backdrop of a city on the brink of collapse, the trio's tragic fate is sealed, as nothing is as it seems in this gripping tale of passion, power, and deception.

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The Quiet American was released in theaters on November 22, 2002.