The Conversation (1974)

The Conversation | United States of America

Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco's Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. Tormented by memories of a previous case that ended badly, Caul becomes obsessed with the resulting tape, trying to determine if the couple are in danger.

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Writers

Francis Ford Coppola

Stars

Gene Hackman
Harry Caul

John Cazale
Stan

Frederic Forrest
Mark

Cindy Williams
Ann

Harrison Ford
Martin Stett

Teri Garr
Amy Fredericks

Allen Garfield
William P. 'Bernie' Moran

Elizabeth MacRae
Meredith

Robert Duvall
The Director

Michael Higgins
Paul

Others...

Budget

1,600,000.00

Revenue

4,420,000.00

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Keywords

surveillance, paranoia, san francisco, wiretap, audio tape, saxophone, shadowing

Production

Paramount, The Coppola Company, The Directors Company

Actor

Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Frederic Forrest, Cindy Williams, Harrison Ford, Teri Garr, Allen Garfield, Elizabeth MacRae, Robert Duvall, Michael Higgins, Mark Wheeler, Billy Dee Williams, Ramon Bieri, Phoebe Alexander, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Robert Shields, Richard Hackman

Creators

Walter Murch (Sound Designer), Francis Ford Coppola (Screenplay), Fred Roos (Co-Producer), Mona Skager (Associate Producer), Dean Tavoularis (Production Design), Bill Butler (Director of Photography), Howard Beals (Sound Effects Editor), Nathan Boxer (Sound Recordist), Haskell Wexler (Director of Photography), David Shire (Original Music Composer), Richard Chew (Editor), Jennifer Shull (Casting), Doug von Koss (Set Decoration), Aggie Guerard Rodgers (Costume Design), Clark L. Paylow (Production Manager), Ted Moehnke (Creature Design), Buddy Joe Hooker (Stunts), Art Rochester (Sound Recordist), Pete Horner (Sound Editor), Michael Evje (Sound Recordist)

Alternative titles

A Conversação (BR)
对话 (CN)
Rozhovor (CZ)
La conversación (ES)
La Conversation secrète (FR)
Η συνομιλία (GR)
컨버세이션 (KR)
Разговор (RU)

Release dates

26.11.1974 (JP)
11.09.1974 (DE)
17.09.2009 (NL)
24.10.2012 (NL)
07.04.1974 (US)
15.05.1974 (GB)
15.10.1974 (GR)