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Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: John Savage Christopher Plummer Marthe Keller Arthur Hill Jan Rubeš John Marley
Genre: Thriller
Premiere: December 11, 1981
Running time: 112 min
Country: Canada USA

The Amateur is a 1981 Canadian spy thriller film directed by Charles Jarrott, and written by Robert Littell and Diana Maddox, based on Littell's 1981 novel of the same name. It stars John Savage, Christopher Plummer, Marthe Keller, Arthur Hill, Nicholas Campbell, George Coe, John Marley and Ed Lauter. The film is about a CIA analyst (Savage) who goes rogue to avenge the murder of his fiancée.

The film was released by Pan-Canadian Film Distributors on December 11, 1981 and it receives mixed reviews. The film was nominated for several Genie Awards in 1982, including for Best Motion Picture. Another film adaptation of the novel was released in 2025. The film was released in the United States in February of 1982 and it was a box office failure with $2.6 million in domestic and earning $6.9 million in worldwide.

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The Amateur is a movie (1981) from Canada and USA. Genre: thriller. Directed by Charles Jarrott. Starring John Savage, Christopher Plummer, Marthe Keller, Arthur Hill and Jan Rubeš. Running time: 112 min.

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