The Conversation (1974) movie poster

The Conversation (1974)

"Harry Caul is an invader of privacy. The best in the business."
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👍 83%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 91%
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Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Runtime
1h 54m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.5/10 (1,992 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
88

Cast

Gene Hackman as Harry Caul · 73% avg
John Cazale as Stan
Allen Garfield as William P. 'Bernie' Moran · 74% avg
Frederic Forrest as Mark · 74% avg
Cindy Williams as Ann
Michael Higgins as Paul · 79% avg
Elizabeth MacRae as Meredith
Teri Garr as Amy Fredericks · 77% avg

Is The Conversation good?

Most people think so. 83% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 91%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#324 / 1253 · Crime
Rank in its year
#15 / 23 · 1974
Rank among its director's films
#7 / 12 · Francis Ford Coppola
On ThumbScore's lists
25 Best Free Full-Length 70s Movies on YouTube (#14) · 25 Best Free Full-Length Mystery Movies on YouTube (#19) · Best Free Mystery Movies on Hoopla (#21)

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

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Poster for the Restored Re-Release of Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 Classic 'The Conversation' - Starring Gene Hackman & John Cazale
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Top comment: "Hackman has never been better in a film."
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