The Conversation (1974)

Movie Details

Original Title The Conversation

Original Language EN

Budget $1,600,000

Revenue $4,794,457

Status Released

Popularity 3.1

Cast

Gene Hackman

Harry Caul

Popularity: 1.8

John Cazale

Stan

Popularity: 1.1

Allen Garfield

William P. 'Bernie' Moran

Popularity: 2.0

Frederic Forrest

Mark

Popularity: 2.4

Cindy Williams

Ann

Popularity: 3.7

Michael Higgins

Paul

Popularity: 9.8

Elizabeth MacRae

Meredith

Popularity: 2.4

Teri Garr

Amy Fredericks

Popularity: 1.0

Harrison Ford

Martin Stett

Popularity: 3.7

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Mark Wheeler

Receptionist

Popularity: 0.5

Robert Shields

The Mime

Popularity: 1.0

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Phoebe Alexander

Lurleen

Popularity: 0.2

Key Crew

Director Francis Ford Coppola

Producer Francis Ford Coppola

Editor Richard Chew

Writer Francis Ford Coppola

Production

The Directors Company

The Coppola Company

Videos & Trailers

Clip

Walter Murch on The Conversation and working with Francis Ford Coppola | BFI Q&A

Featurette

Official Studiocanal Trailer

Trailer

Official Rialto Trailer

Trailer

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

talisencrw 10/10

May 2, 2016

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 closure on the Waterg ... Read more

tensharpe 8/10

Jan 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 conversation and after some work produces a tape with c ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

May 27, 2023

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 just the tip of th ... Read more