The Amateur [21294] Released: 1981-12-11 Revenue: $6,892,098 Budget: $8,338,578 Profit: $-1,446,480 Runtime: 112 mins Popularity: 1.0843 Vote Average: 5.4 Vote Count: 16 Overview: 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 [44] John SavageCharles Heller Christopher PlummerProfessor Lakos Marthe KellerElisabeth Arthur HillBrewer Nicholas CampbellSchraeger George CoeRutledge John MarleyMolton Jan RubešKaplan Ed LauterAnderson Miguel FernandesBotaro Jan TřískaRodzenko Graham JarvisPorter Jacques GodinArgus Chapelle JaffeGretchen Lynne GriffinSarah Vlasta VranaGuide Vladimír ValentaUncle Ludwig Neil DainardSlater Lee BrokerSharp-Eyed Man Tedde MooreNewscaster Maruska StankovaEva Lakos Iréna MayeskaWoman Clerk George BuzaTerrorist #4 George R. RobertsonU.S. Consul John KerrCIA Security Guard Guy SanvidoNews Vendor Robert BeattyAmbassador Neville Walther ReyerChancellor Peter WolsdorffGeneral Felder Henry GomezMaster Sergeant Erin NobleWaitress Lisa SchrageTeenage Girl #1 Susan YoungTeenage Girl #2 Anthony KramreitherTV Director Paul ReymontTV Technician Aubrey TaylorDoorman Roman ChaburskyBusboy Bob LemNakamura Fred CulikMartin Peter LangleyDemolitions Expert Harry HornischWatcher Helmut GräfTaxi Driver Vladimir BondarenkoCzech Detective Zdenek GrunerCzech Officer Trailers Trailer #1 The Amateur (1981) (TV Spot)