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
as Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite
岡田英次
as Deong
Sandra Church
as Marion MacWhite
Pat Hingle
as Homer Atkins
Arthur Hill
as Grainger
Jocelyn Brando
as Emma Atkins
Reiko Sato
as Rachani, Deong's Wife
Kukrit Pramoj
as Prime Minister Kwen Sai
Judson Pratt
as Joe Bing
George Shibata
as Munsang
Philip Ober
as Ambassador Sears
Carl Benton Reid
as Senator at Confirmation Hearing
