Three Days of the Condor (1975)
- Starring:
- Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, (more)
- Director(s):
- Sydney Pollack
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Three Days of the Condor
"His code name is Condor. In the next 24 hours, everyone he trusts will try to kill him." As the ads ominously announced, a low-level spook confronts the unfathomable in Sydney Pollack's 1975 political thriller, adapted from the James Grady novel Six Days of the Condor. CIA researcher Joe Turner (Robert Redford) returns from lunch to find the entire staff of his small New York office assassinated. When he meets his boss (Cliff Robertson) at another location to tell him what happened, someone tries to shoot Turner as well. On the run from the cops and his agency, a desperate Turner resorts to holing up with innocent civilian Kathy (Faye Dunaway), who becomes his only ally. Joe decides to save himself the only way possible -- by going to The New York Times. But will it work? One of a cycle of conspiracy films from the 1970s that also included The Parallax View (1974) and Redford's All the President's Men (1976), Three Days of the Condor pits a working everyman (albeit a CIA everyman) against a far-reaching conspiracy, as it also criticizes the CIA during a period of increasing publicity about federal wrongdoing, from the Pentagon Papers through Watergate and other congressional investigations. The challenge of negotiating New York City, shot on location, becomes one more sign of the forces that Joe must face. With its timely subject matter, taut suspense, and sympathetic Redford hero, Three Days of the Condor became a substantial hit. Balancing the conspiracy cycle's pessimism with a margin of attenuated hope, Three Days of the Condor suggests that one man can still discover the truth, but whether it helps him remains to be seen. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 117 mins
Complete Cast of Three Days of the Condor
- Robert Redford - Joe Turner
- Cliff Robertson - Higgins
- John Houseman - Wabash
- Addison Powell - Atwood
- Walter McGinn - Sam Barber
- Patrick Gorman - Martin
- Dino Narizzano - Harold
- Michael Prince - Civilian
- Jay Devlin - Tall Thin Man
- Hansford Rowe - Jennings
- John Randolph Jones - Beefy Man
- Michael Miller - Fowler
- Jess Osuna - The Major
- Don McHenry - Dr.Lappe
- David Allen - Kid
- Ernest Harden Jr. - Teenager
- Norman Bush - Police Lieutenant
- Ed Crowley - Ordinance Man
- Faye Dunaway - Kathy Hale
- Max von Sydow - Joubert
- Carlin Glynn - Mae Barber
- Michael Kane - Wicks
- Ed Setrakian - Customer
- Tina Chen - Janice
- Carol Gustafson - Landlady
- Hank Garrett - Mailman
- Marian Swan - Nurse
- James Keane - Store Clerk
- Dorothi Fox - Nurse
- Myron Natwick - Civilian
- Robert Phalen - Newberry
- Helen Stenborg - Mrs. Russell
- Lee Steele - Heidegger
- Robert Dahdah - Santa Claus
- John P. Connell - TV Reporter
- Arthur French - Messenger
- Director(s):
- Sydney Pollack
- Writer(s):
- Lorenzo Semple, Jr., David Rayfiel
- Producer(s):
- Stanley Schneider
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Language, Violence, Not For Children)
- Categories:
- Mystery & Suspense
- 1975 - Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Best Screenplay
- 1975 - Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Best Screenplay
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