Story Line
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
“Harry Caul is an invader of privacy. The best in the business.”
Top Cast
Gene Hackman
Harry Caul
John Cazale
Stan
Allen Garfield
William P. 'Bernie' Moran
Frederic Forrest
Mark
Cindy Williams
Ann
Michael Higgins
Paul
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Rating
7.5/ 10
Release Date
1974-04-12
Runtime
1h 54m
Genres
CrimeDramaMystery
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User Reviews (4)
talisencrw
10/10
•5/2/2016Unfortunately, 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 Preside...
tensharpe
8/10
•1/26/2023"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 conve...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•5/27/2023Gene 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 a...
Muypfbogbchidv
8/10
•7/31/2024“The Conversation” is not what you’d expect - but, it must be said, is fantastic and nearly flawless in its own right.
It is more similar to Antonioni’s “Blow” than DePalma’s, and a sense of eeriness flows throughout the work,
bolstered by Gene H...