	The Ugly American is a 1963 American adventure film directed by George Englund, written by Stewart Stern, and starring Marlon Brando, Sandra Church, Eiji Okada, Pat Hingle, Judson Pratt and Arthur Hill. It is based on the 1958 novel "The Ugly American" by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer. The film was released on April 2, 1963, by Universal Pictures.