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Quick Info

Rating

7.5/10

Release1974

Runtime1h 54m

StatusReleased

Budget$1,600,000

Revenue$4,794,457

Production

The Directors Company

The Coppola Company

Movie

The Conversation

1974

1h 54m

7.5

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Synopsis

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

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