The Conversation
1974
Harry Caul is an invader of privacy. The best in the business.
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
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A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
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- Director
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Written by
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Produced by
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Composer
- David Shire
- Cinematographers
- Haskell Wexler, Wilmer Butler
- Editor
- Richard Chew
- Sound Designer
- Walter Murch
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Language
- English
- TMDB
- 7.5/10 (2,103 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 94% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 88/100
- IMDb
- 7.7/10 (137,955 votes)
Awards
- NominatedAcademy Award— Best Picture(1975)
- NominatedBAFTA Award— Best Director(1975)
- NominatedGolden Globe— Best Motion Picture – Drama(1974)
- NominatedGolden Globe— Best Director(1974)
- NominatedGolden Globe— Best Screenplay(1974)
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
Robert Shields
The Mime
Phoebe Alexander
Lurleen
Ramon Bieri
Man at Party (uncredited)
Gian-Carlo Coppola
Boy in Church (uncredited)
Robert Duvall
The Director (uncredited)
Richard Hackman
Confessional Priest / Security Guard (uncredited)
Billy Dee Williams
Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited)
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Score
David Shire
The Conversation (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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