The Ugly American
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?
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Cast
Marlon Brando
Eiji Okada
Sandra Church
Pat Hingle
Arthur Hill
Jocelyn Brando
Reiko Sato
Kukrit Pramoj
Judson Pratt
George Shibata
Philip Ober
Carl Benton Reid
Judson Laire
Yee Tak Yip
Frances Helm
James Yagi
John Daheim
Leon Lontoc
Bill Stout
Stefan Schnabel
Simon Scott
Stuart Hall
