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Critic Angie Errigo
rated 10

A masterful study in psychology that touches on issues accutely prevelant today.

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Malin Åbbel Fjell
rated 7

Det är 1974, och bara det en anledning till att rata filmen. Men Gene Hackman spelar för en gång skull en rätt reko snubbe. Det som börjar uppenbart blir snart någonting helt annat, vem lyssnar egentligen på vem och vad sägs? Hackmans huvudroll ha...

5 months ago
Jan Knudsen
rated 8

når skyldfølelse og paranoia tager over.

1 month ago

Cast & Crew

Robert Duvall
As The Director (uncredited)
Harrison Ford
As Martin Stett
Gene Hackman
As Harry Caul
Teri Garr
As Amy Fredericks
Billy Dee Williams
As Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited)

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A surveillance expert named Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client to record the conversation of a young couple. Caul becomes obsessed with the recording and uncovers a hidden message that makes him believe the couple is in danger. He tries to deliver the tape to his client but becomes increasingly paranoid, believing he's being followed and bugged. Caul eventually discovers that the woman in the recording is his client's wife, who is having an affair with the man. He witnesses a violent argument between them and becomes convinced that he must act to save their lives.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Conversation include Scorpio (1973), Night Moves, Chinatown, Blazing Magnum (Shadows in an Empty Room), Hardcore, They Call It Murder.

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The Conversation was released in theaters on April 7, 1974.