The Conversation

• Movie

  Type

• 1974

  Year

• 1h 53m

  Runtime

• ★ 7.6

  Rating

• Crime / Drama / Mystery

  Genre

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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Cast

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

Mark Wheeler

Receptionist

Billy Dee Williams

Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited)