The Quiet American (1958)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.8/10   

Réalisateur:

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writers:

Graham Greene (novel)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (writer)

Release Date:

8 février 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Romance | Thriller | War

Plot:

In this adaptation of Graham Greene's prophetic novel about U.S. foreign policy failure in pre-war Indochina...

Plot Keywords:

Sabotage | Based On Novel

Avis des utilisateurs:

A Greene Masterwork

Ensemble

Audie Murphy	...	The American
Michael Redgrave	...	Thomas Fowler
Claude Dauphin	...	Inspector Vigot
Giorgia Moll	...	Phuong
Bruce Cabot	...	Bill Granger
Fred Sadoff	...	Dominguez
Kerima	...	Phuong's Sister
Richard Loo	...	Mr. Heng
Peter Trent	...	Eliot Wilkins
Georges Bréhat	...	French Colonel (as Georges Brehat)
Clinton Anderson	...	Joe Morton
Yoko Tani	...	Rendezvous Hostess
Nguyen Long	...	Boy with Mask
C. Long Cuong	...	Boy in Watchtower
Tu An	...	Boy in Watchtower
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Vo Doan Chau	...	Cao-Dai Commandant (uncredited)
Le Van Le	...	Cao-Dai Pope's Deputy (uncredited)
Sonia Moser	...	Yvette (uncredited)
Le Quynh	...	Masked Man (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Graham Greene		novel
Joseph L. Mankiewicz		writer

Produit par
Vinh Noan	....	associate producer
Michal Waszynski	....	associate producer (as Michael Waszynski)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz	....	producer (uncredited)

Musique originale
Mario Nascimbene

Image
Robert Krasker

Montage
William Hornbeck

Décorateur de plateau
Rino Mondellini		(settings)

Maquillage
George Frost	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
Forrest E. Johnston	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Bernard Vorhaus	....	assistant director (as Piero Mussetta)

Art Department
Dario Simoni	....	set dresser
Italo Tomassi	....	manager of art department (uncredited)

Technicien du son
Basil Fenton-Smith	....	sound recordist

Effets spéciaux
Roscoe Cline	....	special effects (as Rocky Cline)

Cascadeur
Willard W. Willingham	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
John Harris	....	camera operator
Ronnie Maasz	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Music Department
Franco Ferrara	....	conductor

Divers
Elaine Schreyeck	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Figaro

Distributors

• United Artists (1958) (USA) (theatrical)

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Un Américain bien tranquille (France) [fr]

Durée:

120 min | USA:131 min (TCM Print)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Son:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Classification:

USA:TV-PG | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Australia:PG

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Figaro

Guillemet:

The American: I'm from a country that's been in existence for less than two hundred years, in a very old world. That same fifty years ago, we were barely taken seriously as a nation, much less a great force for wisdom and decision. But suddenly now, a watch tick of history later, the world waits angrily for us to provide the answers it hasn't been able to find in fifty centuries.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Anatomy of a Scene: The Quiet American" (????)

A Greene Masterwork

Graham Greene did not have a comfortable vision of the world--or at least of the activities of human beings in the world. While very few movies do justice to books on which they are based, the Quiet American is a chilling forewarning of what the United States would be letting itself in for in the years to come. Murphy, always an appealing figure on the screen but not noted for truly great acting depth and breadth, is ideal for this understated role. A very well done thriller which addresses racism, colonialism, various "economic"isms, all the while focusing on the individual human impacts of high level decision-making. Are we just pawns, forced into just following orders, or do we have the responsibility to take action on the side of what we know to be right, in spite of the personal cost?