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'''''Saigon: Year of the Cat''''' is a television drama first broadcast in 1983 by [[Thames Television]]. It was directed by [[Stephen Frears]]; the screenplay was by [[David Hare (playwright)|David Hare]].
'''''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 (playwright)|David Hare]], and stars [[Judi Dench]], [[Frederic Forrest]], [[E. G. Marshall]], [[Wallace Shawn]] and [[Chic Murray]].

It stars [[Judi Dench]], [[Frederic Forrest]], [[E. G. Marshall]], [[Wallace Shawn]] and [[Chic Murray]].


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

Barbara Dean ([[Judi Dench]]), an assistant manager in a foreign bank in [[Ho Chi Minh City|Saigon]] in 1974, begins a relationship with American Bob Chesneau ([[Frederic Forrest]]), and quickly senses that he works for the CIA. Chesneau realises that the fall of Vietnam to the North Vietnamese is for the very near future.


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Revision as of 02:41, 13 February 2016

Saigon: Year of the Cat
Screenplay byDavid Hare
Directed byStephen Frears
StarringJudi Dench
Frederic Forrest
Chic Murray
Wallace Shawn
Theme music composerGeorge Fenton
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersMichael Dunlop
David Hare
Verity Lambert
CinematographyJim Howlett
EditorOscar Webb
Production companyThames Television
Original release
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), an 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 Chesneau realises that the fall of South Vietnam is very near.

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