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Graham Greene was a British author and playwright. He was born in 1904 at Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire and died in 1991. Educated at Oxford he became a journalist on The Times newspaper and during the Second World War served in the Foreign Office. A religious maniac he was obsessed with morality - which features heavily in his books - and while he was the film critic for the magazine 'Night and Day' was responsible for the magazine's demise after he libelled Twentieth Century Fox, accusing them of 'procuring Shirley Temple for immoral purposes', and they successfully sued the magazine.
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Dances with Wolves is an epic western starring Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene and Rodney A Grant in a story about an army officer befriending a Lakota Sioux Indian tribe. Dances with Wolves was directed by Kevin Costner in 1990.
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Maverick is a comedy western starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Graham Greene, Alfred Molina and James Coburn in a story about a cardsharp reflecting on the past events which led to him waiting to be lynched by a gang of outlaws. Maverick was directed by Richard Donner in 1994.
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The Quiet American is a drama starring Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen, Rade Sherbedgia, Tzi Ma and Robert Stanton in a story based upon the novel by Graham Greene about a complex love triangle played out against the backdrop of tensions in 1950's French Indochina. The Quiet American was directed by Phillip Noyce in 2002.
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The Third Man is a thriller starring Joseph Cotton, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard and Bernard Lee in a story based upon the novel by Graham Greene about an author visiting Vienna after the Second World War only to get caught up in a dark mystery surrounding the apparent death of his friend. The Third Man was directed by Carol Reed in 1949.
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Thunderheart is a thriller starring Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Fred Ward, Fred Dalton Thompson and Shella Tousey in a story about an FBI agent investigating a murder on a Sioux reservation. Thunderheart was directed by Michael Apted in 1992.
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