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Three Days of the Condor

1975

Sydney Pollack

Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow ...

7.0

8,710

Mystery A man named Turner works for the CIA reading books and postulating possible scenarios that could be applied to inteliigence work. He goes out to get lunch but when he returns everyone at the center has been killed. He calls his superior and asks for someone to bring him in, he tells him that his section chief will get him but when he arrives, the man tries to shoot him, he manages to shoot back and escape. In an act of desparation, the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A well-made thriller, tense and involving, and the scary thing, in these months after Watergate, is that it's all too believable (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Chris Petit Time Out	"The action rarely falters, and at its best the film offers an intriguing slice of neo-Hitchcock."	POS
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"Basically a B, it has been elevated in form – but not in substance – via four bigger names, location shooting and more production values. Sometimes the trick works, but not here."	NEG
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"[It] creates without effort (...) that sense of isolation (...) within which super-government agencies can operate with such heedless immunity."	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"[A] a polished piece of work (...) The excellent cast makes up for Pollack's occasional lapses in pacing (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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