![The Ugly American](https://i3.wp.com/image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/f7LkAqiqfdFE4oYEM8wQuGDBu2W.jpg)
Plot
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?
Writer | Stewart Stern |
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Director | George Englund |
Actor | Marlon Brando, Eiji Okada, Sandra Church |
Country | United States of America |
Production | Universal International Pictures |