Three Days of the Condor

"His CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him."

1975 1h 57m EN

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When bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he has kidnapped, must work together to outwit those responsible until he determines who he can really trust.

“His CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him.”

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Cast

Robert Redford
Joseph Turner
Faye Dunaway
Kathy Hale
Cliff Robertson
J. Higgins
Max von Sydow
G. Joubert
John Houseman
Mr. Wabash
Addison Powell
Leonard Atwood
Walter McGinn
Sam Barber
Tina Chen
Janice Chon

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sydney Pollack
Writers: Lorenzo Semple Jr., David Rayfiel
Languages: English, French
Countries: United States of America, Italy

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.3× over at the box office.

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ERA

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51 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Italy.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sydney Pollack, shot by Owen Roizman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Dave Grusin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Don Guidice shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway and Cliff Robertson carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sydney Pollack directs. Owen Roizman behind the camera. Dave Grusin scores. Don Guidice cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America, Italy. Dialogue in English, French.

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1Made its money back 5.3× over at the box office.
251 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
4International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Italy.
5Directed by Sydney Pollack, shot by Owen Roizman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Dave Grusin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Don Guidice shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway and Cliff Robertson carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "His CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him.".
10IMDB entry: tt0073802 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 8 themes, including "new york city", "central intelligence agency (cia)", "washington dc, usa", "spy".
12Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Owen Roizman
Original score: Dave Grusin
Editing: Don Guidice
Production design: Stephen B. Grimes
Makeup / hair: Lee Harman
Runtime: 117 min · 1h 57m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $7,800,000
Box office: $41,509,797
Return: 532% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Three Days of the Condor (1975)

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GenerationofSwine2023-01-12
★ 10/10
Mission Impossible, the movie, kind of ripped this off didn't it? Right down to the phone booth scene. Of course the ending was different. Yeah, anyway, I first caught this one on AMC on a rainy day with my mom back in the 90s. One of those flicking through the channels and nothing is on kind of days, and looking out the window and you can't really go outside and then..."Oh you'll like this." And the 13 year old me thought it was the coolest most paranoid thing that I'd ever seen. And, now the 40 year old me thinks it's the coolest and most paranoid thing that I've ever seen. Paranoid is really the only way to describe it. And the paranoia is doubled with Redford's character who is a spook, but not the James Bond kind. He's more the every day low level paper pusher kind of spook, not the kiss kiss bang bang spook. He's not sure what he's doing, he's never been in this situation before and you can feel his stress from start to finish. And, for those of you that read the book (also as good) this is spawned departments in both the KGB and then later the CIA that were simply based on Redford's job made up by the author. It literally didn't exist before the film. This is really the perfect spy movie. Everything that came before it and everything that followed it seem like a hollow shell in the genre.
JPV8522024-12-28
★ 8/10
Still a well done spy thriller with Robert Redford doing a great job, though the romance between him and Faye Dunaway was... weird. Sure it's dated with the technology but like The Conversation, the storyline still is relevant. 4.25/5
jpnusa772026-01-08
★ 10/10
I love the 1970s feel of this movie. I love the acting too. Robert Redford is gorgeous like always. The movie is fast paced and I didn't look at my phone one time. Overall, just a great suspense movie and I will recommend to all my friends.