Saigon: Year of the Cat

Saigon: Year of the Cat

Screenplay by	David Hare
Directed by	Stephen Frears
Starring	Judi Dench Frederic Forrest Chic Murray Wallace Shawn
Theme music composer	George Fenton
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Michael Dunlop David Hare Verity Lambert
Editor(s)	Oscar Webb
Cinematography	Jim Howlett
Production company(s)	Thames Television
Distributor	ITV
Release
Original release	29 November 1983 (1983-11-29)

Saigon: Year of the Cat is a British television drama from 1983, produced by Thames Television for ITV. It is directed by Stephen Frears, written by David Hare, and stars Judi Dench, Frederic Forrest, E. G. Marshall, Wallace Shawn and Chic Murray.

Synopsis

The year is 1974, and Barbara Dean (Judi Dench), a British assistant manager in a foreign bank in Saigon, begins a relationship with American Bob Chesneau (Frederic Forrest). She quickly realises that he works for the CIA and he knows that the fall of South Vietnam is very near.

External links

Saigon: Year of the Cat at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Stephen Frears

Gumshoe (1971)
Me—I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978)
Afternoon Off (1979)
Bloody Kids (1979)
Walter (1982)
Walter and June (1983)
Saigon: Year of the Cat (1983)
December Flower (1984)
The Hit (1984)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door (1987)
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
The Grifters (1990)
Hero (1992)
The Snapper (1993)
Mary Reilly (1996)
The Van (1996)
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
High Fidelity (2000)
Liam (2000)
Fail Safe (2000)
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
The Deal (2003)
Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)
The Queen (2006)
Chéri (2009)
Tamara Drewe (2010)
Lay the Favorite (2012)
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
Philomena (2013)
The Program (2015)
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

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