Screenplay: | David Hare |
Director: | Stephen Frears |
Starring: | Judi Dench Frederic Forrest Chic Murray Wallace Shawn |
Theme Music Composer: | George Fenton |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | English |
Producer: | Michael Dunlop David Hare Verity Lambert |
Editor: | Oscar Webb |
Cinematography: | Jim Howlett |
Runtime: | 105 minutes |
Company: | Thames Television |
Network: | ITV |
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, Chic Murray, and Rong Wongsawan.
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.