The Quiet American

Introduction and comments following The Quiet American, 1958, with TCM's Ben Mankiewicz and guest Anderson Cooper.

TCM's Saturday afternoon host Tiffany Vazquez introduces The Quiet American, 1958.

Robert Osborne Introduces The Quiet American, 1958.

1952 Saigon, French cop Vigot (Claude Dauphin) asks reporter Fowler (Michael Redgrave) to identify the body of his romantic rival, the title character (Audie Murphy), whom we meet in flashback, Giorgia Moll as girlfriend Phuong, in The Quiet American, 1958, from the Graham Greene novel.

Saigon, 1952, in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s on-location opening, a body found during New Year festivities, cop Vigot (Claude Dauphin), journalist Fowler (Michael Redgrave) and local Phuong (Giorgia Moll) introduced, in The Quiet American, 1958, from Graham Greene’s novel, starring Audie Murphy.

Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz on location in Vietnam, Michael Redgrave as journalist Fowler, Audie Murphy the title character, whose mission isn’t defined, waylaid en route to Saigon, quips and insights from Graham Greene’s original novel, in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s The Quiet American, 1958.