The Amateur
In a world of professional assassins, there is no room for an amateur.
1981 | 112m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Charles Jarrott |
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| Writer: | Robert Littell, Diana Maddox |
| Staring: |
| A researcher for the CIA who convinces his superiors to send him to the eastern bloc in order to avenge the murder of his wife by enemy agents discovers a web of deception underneath his wife's death. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 11, 1981 |
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| Director: | Charles Jarrott |
| Writer: | Robert Littell, Diana Maddox |
| Genres: | Action, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | central intelligence agency (cia), assassin, murdered wife |
| Production Companies | Balkan Productions, Tiberius Film Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $6,892,098
Budget: $8,338,578 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Robert Littell | Screenplay, Novel |
| Diana Maddox | Writer |
| Mike Rutter | Camera Operator |
| John Coquillon | Director of Photography |
| Dennis Kirkham | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Peter Shewchuk | Sound Mixer |
| Charles Jarrott | Director |
| Joe Grimaldi | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Kenneth Wannberg | Original Music Composer |
| Stephan Fanfara | Editor |
| Trevor Williams | Production Designer |
| Richard Wilcox | Art Direction |
| Rondi Johnson | Set Decoration |
| Steve Shewchuk | Set Decoration |
| Suzanne Grace | Costume Designer |
| Wayne Griffin | Sound Effects Editor |
| Douy Swofford | Title Designer |
| Otto Boris Dworak | Production Manager |
| Marilyn Stonehouse | Production Manager |
| Hannah Hempstead | Production Supervisor |
| Jane Feinberg | Casting |
| Mike Fenton | Casting |
| Richard Halsey | Supervising Editor |
| Bruce Lange | Assistant Editor |
| Marta Nielsen | Assistant Editor |
| Michael Brownstone | Location Manager |
| Stuart Neumann | Location Manager |
| Sandra Marley | Script Supervisor |
| Suzanne Lore | Production Coordinator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Mario Kassar | Executive Producer |
| Garth H. Drabinsky | Producer |
| Joel B. Michaels | Producer |
| Andrew G. Vajna | Executive Producer |
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