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The Quiet American (1958)

Moving Image Item Number: 1179VI2786
Pages
0
Media Type
Moving Image
Physical Location
D024.3E
Copyright Statement
1958 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Number of Media
1
Language(s)
English
Item is Copyrighted – Check for access via the Vietnam Reading Room portal.
Format
DVD
Time - Hr:Min:Sec
02:02:00
Digitized in HD?
No
Dates
Existence: 1958
General Note
A Love Triangle brews amidst a growing political tempest in this 'brillantly intellectual' (Los Angeles Tims) film in which nothing is quite as it seems. Adapted from the acclaimed novel by Graham Greene, Academy Award winning writer-director Joseph L. Mankiwicz's screenplay 'delivers dialogue that not only sparkles but bites deep with the irony of truth' (Citizen-News). In 1952, Saigon is caught between the corrupt colonial powers and the communist uprising. An idealistic young American (Audie Murphy) champions a shadowy Third Force, but cynical British Journalist Thomas Fowler (Michael Redgrave) is concerned only with the American's interest in his mistress. When jealousy forces Fowler to take sides at last, the personal and political consequences are devastating.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1179VI2786

Citation
The Quiet American (1958), 1179VI2786. 1958, Michael Cook Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1179VI2786, Accessed 19 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
1179VI2786, Michael Cook Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 12 Jan 2010 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]