Overview:
Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco's Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. Tormented by memories of a previous case that ended badly, Caul becomes obsessed with the resulting tape, trying to determine if the couple is in danger.| Status: | Released (1974-04-07) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 3 Oscars. 14 wins & 17 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $4,671,805 |
| Screen: | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Productions: | The Directors Company, The Coppola Company |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 193: Gene Hackman - Harry Caul
- 3096: John Cazale - Stan
- 922: Allen Garfield - William P. 'Bernie' Moran
- 8351: Frederic Forrest - Mark
- 8434: Cindy Williams - Ann
- 2979: Michael Higgins - Paul
- 8438: Elizabeth MacRae - Meredith
Crews
- 8427: Doug von Koss - Set Decoration - Art
- 1776: Francis Ford Coppola - Director - Directing
- 8429: Clark L. Paylow - Production Manager - Production
- 1776: Francis Ford Coppola - Producer - Production
- 8428: Aggie Guerard Rodgers - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 8426: Jennifer Shull - Casting - Production
- 8431: Ted Moehnke - Creature Design - Visual Effects
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Unfortunately, it appears with every passing day that the great American paranoid political thrillers of the 60's and 70's, with its strongest work bookended by 'The Manchurian Candidate' (eerily foreseeing the JFK assassination) and 'All the President's Men' (placing a coda of closu ....
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"The Conversation" is a tense thriller that explores how paranoia can take over all aspects of everyday life once something disturbing is discovered. Paid to eavesdrop on two people in a public place, Harry Caul ( Gene Hackman ) records the conversation and after some work produc ....
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Gene Hackman is superb here as "Harry" - a super-efficient surveillance expert who discovers in the line of duty that a couple he is monitoring might well be about to be murdered. It becomes clear that the couple - Cindy Williams & Frederic Forrest are having an affair but that is ju ....
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