The Quiet American
“Violence boiled in the wake of the quiet American!”
1958 · 2 h 2 min
Directed by 
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph L. MankiewiczCast
Cast not recorded here
Plot
Cynical British journalist Fowler falls into a conflict with a young American idealist over a Vietnamese woman.
Sinekatalog’s take
Joseph L. Mankiewicz's adaptation of Graham Greene, with Audie Murphy and Michael Redgrave, softens the novel's politics but remains an intelligent drama.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (2,377 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.