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Cast

Jane Fonda
as Bree Daniels

Donald Sutherland
as Klute

Charles Cioffi
as Cable

Roy Scheider
as Frank

Dorothy Tristan
as Arlyn

Rita Gam
as Trina

Morris Strasberg
as Goldfarb

Jean Stapleton
as Secretary

Nathan George
as Trask

Richard Russell Ramos
as Off-Broadway Stage Manager

Vivian Nathan
as Psychiatrist

Barry Snider
as Berger

Anthony Holland
as Actor's Agent

Morris Strassberg
as Mr. Goldfarb

Richard B. Shull
as Sugarman

Betty Murray
as Holly Gruneman

Fred Burrell
as Man in Chicago Hotel

Robert Milli
as Tom Gruneman

Jane White
as Janie Dale

Shirley Stoler
as Mama Reese

Margaret Linn
as Evie

Rosalind Cash
as Pat

Lee Wallace
as Nate Goldfarb

Robert Ronan
as Off-Broadway Director

Richard Ramos
as Off-Broadway Stage Manager

Antonia Rey
as Mrs. Vanek, Landlady

Mary Louise Wilson
as Ad Agency Secretary

Jan Fielding
as Psychiatrist's Secretary

Joe Silver
as Dr. Spangler

Candy Darling

Jerome Collamore
as Custodian

Tony Major
as Bill Azure

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Critic Reviews for Klute

Audience Reviews for Klute

• Nov 11, 2018

  The romance is a little unconvincing, but I like that the mystery/thriller stuff comes to a pretty believable conclusion. This is the perfect role for Fonda, allowing her to be both tough and vulnerable.
  

  Alec B Super Reviewer
• Nov 15, 2013

  Sutherland and Fonda are absolutely brilliant in Klute. It is completely engaging in terms of the plot development and there is true intelligence to the characters.
  

  John B Super Reviewer
• Jul 04, 2012

  The most interesting thing about this movie (viewing it in 2012) is the idea people had back then that being free of human entanglements was the only thing worth striving for. So, even being a prostitute whose best friends are either dead or strung out on H, is preferable to giving dinner parties in suburbia--which is how the script frames the issue. I liked the device of talking to the shrink as a way to get to know Bree (rhymes with free, get it?). I loved the dark moody sets. I thought Klute (Donald Sutherland) was creepier than the bad guys--he was protrayed as a huge voyeur--Jane Fonda was perfect as the messed up freedom rider/control freak who wanted to numb herself. Everyone I know who saw it when it came out said they loved it...I wonder if they would love it still?
  Bathsheba M Super Reviewer
• Dec 23, 2010

  What probably read as a pretty uninteresting story is brought to stunning, sanguine life by Alan J. Pakula. The plot is thin and unsatisfying, and I don't think I'll ever truly get Donald Sutherland's complete disinterest in everything he gets cast in, but the center of the film is rightly Jane Fonda's high-class hooker Bree. Watching her move through this bizarrely cryptic, sinister world is captivating; she digs her talons into the psychology of this angry, intelligent woman and doesn't let go. It is a full, consummate performance, fabulous and yet oddly underseen work. She is clearly the center of Pakula's aesthetic; I found his mise-en-scene to be something of a representation of Bree herself, enigmatic and obscured but in some ways very forthcoming. The gruesome parts are easy to see, but everything else feels hidden away. If you're looking for a subtly stylish, quiet thriller with one instance of excellent character work, Klute will fit the bill. It isn't perfect, lacking dramatic impact and not fully scaffolded by all involved, but its visual clout is clear.
  Drew S Super Reviewer

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