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?

• George EnglundDirector
• Stewart SternWriter
• Frank SkinnerOriginal Music Composer

• Marlon BrandoAmbassador Harrison Carter MacWhite
• Eiji OkadaDeong
• Sandra ChurchMarion MacWhite
• Pat HingleHomer Atkins
• Arthur HillGrainger
• Jocelyn BrandoEmma Atkins
• Reiko SatoRachani, Deong's Wife
• Kukrit PramojPrime Minister Kwen Sai
• Judson PrattJoe Bing
• George ShibataMunsang
• Philip OberAmbassador Sears
• Carl Benton ReidSenator at Confirmation Hearing