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Traitor is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 27 august 2008 with Don Cheadle
Traitor (2008)
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Add to a movie listTraitor is a 2008 American spy thriller film, based on an idea by Steve Martin who is also an executive producer. It is written and directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff, the film stars Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce in the lead roles.
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Samir Horn (Don Cheadle) is an Arabic-speaking Sudanese-American and devout Muslim. His Sudanese father was killed by a car bomb when he was a child. As an adult, Horn is first seen operating as an arms dealer. While negotiating a deal with Omar (Saïd Taghmaoui) in Yemen he is arrested and thrown into a Yemeni jail. Later, Samir and Omar become friends and when Omar's people arrange an escape, he takes Samir with them.Actors
Don Cheadle
(Samir Horn)
Guy Pearce
(Roy Clayton)
Neal McDonough
(Max Archer)
Jeff Daniels
(Carter)
Saïd Taghmaoui
(Omar)
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