Three Days of the Condor

1975

Three Days of the Condor

Critics Consensus

This post-Watergate thriller captures the paranoid tenor of the times, thanks to Syndey Pollack's taut direction and excellent performances from Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway.

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Total Count: 43

83%

Audience Score

User Ratings: 11,655

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Movie Info

In this thriller, Turner is a New York-based CIA employee. Sent to pick up lunch, Turner returns to discover that everyone in his tiny office has been murdered. When an attempt is made on his life, he finds himself on the run from both the CIA and the police.

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Cast

Robert Redford
as Joseph Turner / The Condor
Faye Dunaway
as Kathy Hale
Cliff Robertson
as J. Higgins
Max von Sydow
as Joubert
John Houseman
as Wabash
Walter McGinn
as Barber
Addison Powell
as Atwood
Michael Kane
as Wicks
Tina Chen
as Janice
Don McHenry
as Dr. Lappe
Michael B. Miller
as Fowler
Jess Osuna
as Mitchell
Dino Narizzano
as Thomas
Helen Stenborg
as Mrs. Russell
Patrick Gorman
as Martin
Hansford Rowe
as Jennings
Carlin Glynn
as Mae Barber
Hank Garrett
as Mailman
Arthur French
as Messenger
Jay Devlin
as Tall Thin Man
Frank Savino
as Jimmy
Robert Phalen
as Newberry
John Randolph Jones
as Beefy Man
Garrison Phillips
as Hutton
Lee Steele
as Heidegger
Ed Crowley
as Ordinance Man
John P. Connell
as TV Reporter
Norman Bush
as Alice Lieutenant
James Keane
as Store Clerk
Ed Setrakian
as Customer
Myron Natwick
as Civilian
Michael Prince
as Civilian
Carol Gustafson
as Landlady
Sal Schillizi
as Locksmith
David Bowman
as Telephone Worker
Eileen Gordon
as CIA Receptionist
Robert Dahdah
as Santa Claus
Steve Bonino
as Kid
Jennifer Rose Koelfgen
as Kid
David Allen
as Kid
Glenn Ferguson
as Kid
Paul Dwyer
as Kid
Marian Swan
as Nurse
Dorothi Fox
as Nurse
Ernest Harden Jr.
as Teenager
Harmon Williams
as CIA Agent
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Critic Reviews for Three Days of the Condor

All Critics (43) | Top Critics (6)

  • A piece of dotty, slightly paranoid intrigue. Three Days of the Condor promises little and keeps its word. It is hard to get indignant about it, or enthusiastic either.

    Aug 9, 2016 | Full Review…

    Jay Cocks

    TIME Magazine
    Top Critic

  • Basically a B, it has been elevated in form -- but not in substance -- via four bigger names, location shooting and more production values. Sometimes the trick works, but not here.

    Mar 1, 2007 | Full Review…

    Variety Staff

    Variety
    Top Critic

  • Basically, the film is a throwback to the 60s anti-Bond spy thriller (a la The Ipcress File), except here the genre's annihilating irony has been replaced by Pollack's liberal piousness.

    Mar 1, 2007 | Full Review…

    Dave Kehr

    Chicago Reader
    Top Critic

  • The action rarely falters, and at its best the film offers an intriguing slice of neo-Hitchcock.

    Feb 9, 2006 | Full Review…

    Chris Petit

    Time Out
    Top Critic

  • Three Days of the Condor is a well-made thriller, tense and involving, and the scary thing, in these months after Watergate, is that it's all too believable.

    Oct 23, 2004 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

    Roger Ebert

    Chicago Sun-Times
    Top Critic

  • At its best moments, Three Days of the Condor creates without effort or editorializing that sense of isolation -- that far remove from reality -- within which super-government agencies can operate with such heedless immunity.

    May 20, 2003

    Vincent Canby

    New York Times
    Top Critic
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Audience Reviews for Three Days of the Condor

  • Feb 19, 2018
    Redford competently portrays a CIA researcher on the run --- from the CIA, even if he's a touch too jock to play a nerd. Dunaway is unusually restrained and thereby good as a casual interested bystander. And Von Sydow is (always good) a workman assassin. The plot doesn't bear close observation but it is hardly the point either. Paranoia is, and that aspect director Pollock maintains. So-so.
    Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
  • Jun 16, 2016
    Movies this genuinely fun haven't been made since the 70s (except maybe the Coens' movies). Every action thriller from the 80s onwards got too polished and grand, loses touch with the characters. Holds up. Faye Dunaway is stunning and alarmingly hypnotizing.
    _kelly . Super Reviewer
  • Jan 06, 2016
    "Three Days of The Condor" in 3 words: action-packed, thrilling and exciting! Admittedly, it doesn't strike much of a blow for 1970s feminism (cuz what woman wouldn't immediately jump into bed with a handsome man after a home invasion at gun-point and being chained to a toilet all day?! That's hot!), but if you get past the very dated sexism, politics and technology, it's quite an entertaining film.
    Christian C Super Reviewer
  • Aug 18, 2015
    Very nice slow-burning spy movie.
    Marcus W Super Reviewer
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