The Ugly American

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?

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  George Englund

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  Marlon Brando
  Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite
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  Eiji Okada
  Deong
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  Sandra Church
  Marion MacWhite
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  Pat Hingle
  Homer Atkins
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  Arthur Hill
  Grainger
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  Jocelyn Brando
  Emma Atkins
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  Reiko Sato
  Rachani, Deong's Wife
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  Kukrit Pramoj
  Prime Minister Kwen Sai
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  Judson Pratt
  Joe Bing
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  George Shibata
  Munsang
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  Philip Ober
  Ambassador Sears
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  Carl Benton Reid
  Senator at Confirmation Hearing
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  Judson Laire
  Senator Brenner
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  Yee Tak Yip
  Sawad, Deong's Assistant
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  Frances Helm
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  James Yagi
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  John Daheim
  Late Arrival at Meeting
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  Leon Lontoc
  Lee Pang
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  Bill Stout
  Tyler, NBC Reporter
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  Stefan Schnabel
  Andrei Krupitzyn