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The Amateur

The Amateur (1981)

R
02/12/1982 (US)
01h 52m

In a world of professional assassins, there is no room for an amateur.

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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.

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John Savage

John Savage

Charles Heller

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Professor Lakos

Marthe Keller

Marthe Keller

Elisabeth

George Coe

George Coe

Rutledge

Ed Lauter

Ed Lauter

Anderson

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