--- title: 'The Quiet American (1958)' type: 'film' director: 'Joseph L. Mankiewicz' released: '1958-01-01' runtime_minutes: 120 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-quiet-american-1958' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052106/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Quiet American (1958) 1958 · 120 min · Drama · United States ## Synopsis The Quiet American is a 1958 American drama romance thriller war film. It was the first film adaptation of Graham Greene's bestselling 1955 novel of the same name, and one of the first films to deal with the geo-politics of Indochina. It was written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and stars Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, and Giorgia Moll. It was critically well-received, but was not considered a box-office success. ## Credits - **Director:** [Joseph L. Mankiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-l-mankiewicz) - **Screenplay:** [Joseph L. Mankiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-l-mankiewicz), [Edward Lansdale](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-lansdale) - **Producer:** [Joseph L. Mankiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-l-mankiewicz) - **Original Music Composer:** [Mario Nascimbene](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-nascimbene) - **Director of Photography:** [Robert Krasker](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-krasker) - **Editor:** [William Hornbeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-hornbeck) ## Cast - [Michael Redgrave](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-redgrave) as Thomas Fowler - [Kerima](https://cinepixo.com/people/kerima) as Phượng's sister - [Yoko Tani](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoko-tani) - [Claude Dauphin](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-dauphin) as Inspector Vigot - [Richard Loo](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-loo) as Mr. Hưng - [Bruce Cabot](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-cabot) as Bill Granger - [Fred Sadoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-sadoff) as Dominguez - [Georges Bréhat](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-brehat) as French colonel - [Audie Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/audie-murphy) as the American - [Giorgia Moll](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgia-moll) as Phượng ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-quiet-american-1958 Film facts: Wikidata (Q431531); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.