Three Days of the Condor (1975)
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Critic 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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as Joseph Turner / The Condor
as Kathy Hale
as J. Higgins
as Joubert
as Wabash
as Barber
as Atwood
as Wicks
as Janice
as Dr. Lappe
as Fowler
as Mitchell
as Thomas
as Mrs. Russell
as Martin
as Jennings
as Mae Barber
as Mailman
as Messenger
as Tall Thin Man
as Jimmy
as Newberry
as Beefy Man
as Hutton
as Heidegger
as Ordinance Man
as TV Reporter
as Alice Lieutenant
as Store Clerk
as Customer
as Civilian
as Civilian
as Landlady
as Locksmith
as Telephone Worker
as CIA Receptionist
as Santa Claus
as Kid
as Kid
as Kid
as Kid
as Kid
as Nurse
as Nurse
as Teenager
as CIA Agent
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Critic Reviews for Three Days of the Condor
All Critics (43) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (37) | Rotten (6) | DVD (9)
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.
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.
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a throwback to the 60s anti-Bond spy thriller (a la The Ipcress File), except here the genre's annihilating irony has been replaced by Pollack's liberal piousness.
The action rarely falters, and at its best the film offers an intriguing slice of neo-Hitchcock.
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.
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.
Audience Reviews for Three Days of the Condor
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.
Super Reviewer
"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.
Super Reviewer
A great cast, and a pretty good story, but it could have been a lot better with some more excitement added in.
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Three Days of the Condor Quotes
| Joe Turner: | Maybe there's another CIA? Inside the CIA? |
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