The Quiet American is a gripping drama of love, innocence and violence. While the French army in Indo-China is grappling with the Vietminh, back at Saigon a young and idealistic American, Pyle, secretly channels economic aid to a 'Third Force'. Fowler, a British foreign correspondent, observes about his young friend Pyle: 'I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused.' As Pyle's activities blunder into bloodshed, Fowler can no longer stand aside as an observer. He has to intervene. But his motives are suspect, both to the police and to himself: for Pyle has robbed him of his Vietnamese mistress...