The Quiet American

The Quiet American

Violence boiled in the wake of the quiet American!

1958120 min5.8 / 10

A morally complex Cold War romance where jealousy and ideological cynicism collide with tragic consequences in colonial Vietnam.

Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.

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