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  1. The Amateur is a 1981 Canadian crime 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, and Marthe Keller.

  2. Feb 12, 1982 · With John Savage, Christopher Plummer, Marthe Keller, Arthur Hill. A CIA operative takes justice in his own hands, as his girlfriend is brutally murdered by terrorists. He carefully designs a plan to hunt down the terrorists, after the crime, and executes them one by one.

    • (910)
    • Crime, Thriller
    • Charles Jarrott
    • 1982-02-12
  3. Brief Synopsis. After the fiancée of a CIA cryptographer is murdered by terrorists, he convinces his superiors to send him to Czechoslovakia to assassinate her killers. When he reaches his desination, he learns that there is much more to the murder than he suspected.

    • Charles Jarrott, Richard Halsey
    • John Savage
  4. 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.

  5. The Amateur is a thrilling espionage film that was released in 1981. It stars John Savage as Charles Heller, a CIA analyst who becomes embroiled in a dangerous mission to track down a group of terrorists who have stolen a valuable piece of Cold War-era technology.

    • (886)
    • R
  6. Directed by Charles Jarrott. In a world of professional assassins, there is no room for an amateur. 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. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.

  7. When the wife of CIA agent Charles Heller (John Savage) is killed by a group of terrorists in Munich, Germany, he decides to hunt down the escaped killers. However, he is only a code specialist ...

    • Mystery & Thriller