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The Conversation
Harry Caul is an invader of privacy. The best in the business.
( Crime / Drama / Mystery )


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MPAA Rating:
PG

US Runtime: 114 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Apr 07, 1974   [USA]
 
Director: Francis Ford Coppola   [Director]
 
Writer: Francis Ford Coppola   [Writer]
 
Producers: Francis Ford Coppola   [Producer]
Fred Roos   [Co-Producer]
Mona Skager   [Associate Producer]
 
Cinematography: Bill Butler   [Director of Photography]
Haskell Wexler   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Richard Chew   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by David Shire   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Dean Tavoularis   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Aggie Guerard Rodgers   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Jennifer Shull   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: The Coppola Company   (US)
The Directors Company   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

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

Cast:

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
Harrison Ford
Martin Stett
Mark Wheeler
Receptionist
Robert Shields
The Mime
Phoebe Alexander
Lurleen
 
 

Uncredited Cast:


Ramon Bieri
Man at Party (uncredited)
Gian-Carlo Coppola
Boy in Church (uncredited)
Robert Duvall
The Director (uncredited)
 
Richard Hackman
Confessional Priest / Security Guard (uncredited)
Billy Dee Williams
Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited)
 

Stunt Crew:


Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunts
 
 

Sound Crew:


Howard Beals
Sound Effects Editor
Nathan Boxer
Sound Recordist
Michael Evje
Sound Recordist
Pete Horner
Sound Editor
 
Walter Murch
Sound Designer
Walter Murch
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art Rochester
Sound Recordist
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Ted Moehnke
Creature Design
 
 

Art Department:


Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Ted Moehnke
Property Master
 
Doug von Koss
Set Decoration
 

Directing Crew:


Charles Myers
Assistant Director
 
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Joe Dunnigan
Gaffer
Doug Finn
Gaffer
Ralph Gerling
Camera Operator
 
James Glennon
Assistant Camera
Thomas Laughridge
Camera Operator
Keith Mason
Key Grip
 
 

Other Crew:


Mona Houghton
Administrative Assistant
 
 

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