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Three Days of the Condor

1975 · Film · 117 min

  • Thriller
  • Mystery

Plot

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.

About Three Days of the Condor

Three Days of the Condor is a 1975 American spy thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, and Max von Sydow. The screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel was based on the 1974 novel Six Days of the Condor by James Grady. Set mainly in New York City and Washington, D.C., the film is about a bookish CIA researcher who comes back from lunch one day to discover his co-workers murdered, then tries to avoid his own murder and outwit those responsible and understand their motives. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Semple and Rayfiel received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Motion Picture Screenplay.

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Cast

  • Robert RedfordJoseph Turner
  • Faye DunawayKathy Hale
  • Cliff RobertsonJ. Higgins
  • Max von SydowG. Joubert
  • John HousemanMr. Wabash
  • Addison PowellLeonard Atwood
  • Walter McGinnSam Barber
  • Tina ChenJanice Chon
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