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?
Marlon Brando | Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite |
Eiji Okada | Deong |
Sandra Church | Marion MacWhite |
Pat Hingle | Homer Atkins |
Arthur Hill | Grainger |
Jocelyn Brando | Emma Atkins |
Reiko Sato | |
Kukrit Pramoj | |
Judson Pratt | |
George Shibata | |
Philip Ober | |
Carl Benton Reid |