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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  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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  Judson Pratt

  Joe Bing
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  Philip Ober

  Ambassador Sears
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  Carl Benton Reid

  Senator at Confirmation Hearing