Set in Vietnam in 1952 during the Vietnamese liberation war from French rule, this is the story of an opium-addicted British reporter, Fowler (Caine), in love with a young Vietnamese woman, Phuong (Yen), who is dismayed when a young American CIA agent, Pyle (Fraser), seems to have eyes for her as well.
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Brendan Fraser as Alden Pyle Michael Caine as Thomas Fowler Rade Serbedzija as Inspector Vigot