Traitor (film)

Traitor
Traitor
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Screenplay by	Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Story by	Steve Martin; Jeffrey Nachmanoff;
Produced by	David Hoberman; Todd Lieberman; Don Cheadle; Jeff Silver;
Starring	Don Cheadle; Guy Pearce; Said Taghmaoui; Neal McDonough; Alyy Khan; Jeff Daniels;
Cinematography	J. Michael Muro
Edited by	Billy Fox
Music by	Mark Kilian
Production; companies	Overture Films; Mandeville Films; Hyde Park Entertainment; Crescendo Productions;
Distributed by	Overture Films (United States); Paramount Vantage (International);
Release date	August 27, 2008;
Running time	114 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$22 million
Box office	$27.6 million

Traitor is a 2008 American spy thriller film written and directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff, based on a story by Steve Martin. In the film, a former Sudanese-American soldier (Don Cheadle) with a background in explosives is the prime suspect in a search by an FBI Special Agent (Guy Pearce) for the bomb-maker in a string of global terror explosions aimed at civilians.

The film was released on August 27, 2008. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $27 million against its $22 million budget.