Francis Ford Coppola directed this 1974 film starring Gene Hackman as lonely, paranoid surveillance expert Harry Caul – a wiretapper and industrial spy for hire.
Following a particularly difficult surveillance job in San Francisco, he believes a young couple he has recorded are about to be murdered.
Gradually Caul becomes embroiled in a mystery even more complex and dangerous than he anticipates.
It’s essentially a very obscure rip-off of Antonioni’s Blow-Up(1966) but sound, superb performances from Hackman and John Cazale no doubt helped this intriguing post-Watergate thriller win the Grand Prix at the 1974 Cannes Festival.
Harry Caul
Gene Hackman Stan
John Cazale Bernie Moran
Allen Garfield Mark
Frederic Forrest Ann
Cindy Williams Paul
Michael Higgins Meredith
Elizabeth MacRae Amy
Teri Garr Martin Stett
Harrison Ford Lurleen
Phoebe Alexander The Director
Robert Duvall
Director
Francis Ford Coppola
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It’s essentially a very obscure rip-off of Antonioni’s Blow-Up (1966) but sound, superb performances from Hackman and John Cazale no doubt helped this intriguing post-Watergate thriller win the Grand Prix at the 1974 Cannes Festival.
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