The Little Drummer Girl

"She will become their most deadly weapon. As long as they can make her fall in love."

Oct 19 1984 R 2h 10m
Thriller

An American Actress with a penchant for lying is forceably recruited by Mosad, the Israeli intelligence agency to trap a Palestinian bomber, by pretending to be the girlfriend of his dead brother.

Plot

A Palestinian bomber has killed an Israeli diplomat and his family and the Israeli plot to neutralise him becomes convoluted as they select an American Actress (Charlie) to impersonate the Bomber's brother's girlfriend after the Israeli's capture and kill the brother. Charlie is placed into a world where she begins being an actress, then becomes a spy, then is trained by the Palestinians as a guerrilla and finally is sent to deliver a bomb. She is chronically confused by how far she is really supposed to go in her impersonations and how much of herself she must give up. From the book by John Le Carre

Written by

Loring Mandel, John le Carré

Directed by

George Roy Hill

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures, Bavaria Film, Pan Arts

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
2,517
Average Rating
6.1 out of 10
Metascore
54
Popularity
NA