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The Conversation

19741h 55mCrime · Drama · Mystery
directed by Francis Ford Coppola

“Harry Caul is an invader of privacy. The best in the business.”

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8 / 10
TMDB
7.5 / 10
2,042 votes
IMDb
7.7 / 10
133,330 votes
Metacritic
88 / 100
Rotten Tomatoes
94%

The scorecard 8 / 10

Content 3.8 Form 4.2
CONTENT · 3.8 Originality4Character4Continuity4Suspense3Message4FORM · 4.2 Acting4Cinematography4Sound5Directing4Design4Overall8 / 10
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Synopsis

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

Cast

Gene Hackman·Harry Caul
John Cazale·Stan
Allen Garfield·William P. 'Bernie' Moran
Frederic Forrest·Mark
Cindy Williams·Ann
Michael Higgins·Paul
Elizabeth MacRae·Meredith
Teri Garr·Amy Fredericks
Harrison Ford·Martin Stett
Mark Wheeler·Receptionist

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