Saigon—Year of the Cat

★ 5.6 IMDb · 200 votes

Plot

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

By the end of 1974 the Americans have withdrawn their troops from Saigon and President Thieu is on the verge of packing up his bags as well. The U.S. presence is reduced to a handful of advisers, among whom the CIA members. It is against this surreal backdrop that Bob Chesneau, a CIA officer, and Barbara Dean, a bank executive, are having an affair...