8.8 Score

1974 • 1h 54min • PG • Mystery, Crime, Drama

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"Harry Caul is an invader of privacy. The best in the business."

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

IMDb 7.7

RT 97%

MC 88

Director

Francis Ford Coppola

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David Shire

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Gene Hackman

Harry Caul

John Cazale

Stan

Allen Garfield

William P. 'Bernie' Moran

Frederic Forrest

Mark

Cindy Williams

Ann

Michael Higgins

Paul

Elizabeth MacRae

Meredith

Teri Garr

Amy Fredericks

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