Three Days of the Condor

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Three Days of the Condor

R

1975

1h 57m

Mystery & Thriller

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On a seemingly ordinary day, Joe Turner (Robert Redford), a quiet CIA codebreaker, walks into his workplace and finds that all of his coworkers have been murdered. Horrified, Joe flees the scene and tries to tell his supervisors about the tragedy. Unfortunately, he soon learns that CIA higher-ups were involved in the murders. With no one to trust, and a merciless hit man (Max von Sydow) close on his tail, Joe must somehow survive long enough to figure out why his own agency wants him dead.

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Critics Consensus

This post-Watergate thriller captures the paranoid tenor of the times, thanks to Syndey Pollack's taut direction and excellent performances from Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

10/11/2023

Sydney Pollack doesn't have a knack for action pulp.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

05/08/2021

5/5

This peerless Sydney Pollack thriller hasn't just aged well, it's become positively prophetic, or at least eerily resonant.

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Jay Cocks

TIME Magazine

08/09/2016

A piece of dotty, slightly paranoid intrigue. Three Days of the Condor promises little and keeps its word. It is hard to get indignant about it, or enthusiastic either.

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

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4/4

Spy thrillers have been romanticized since their early days on screen but films like Three Days of the Condor returned the genre to its realistic roots.

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Michael Clark

Epoch Times

Jul 26

4/5

The fourth of six collaborations from Pollack and Robert Redford, “Condor” was their first joint project in the spy genre. On the 50th anniversary of its release in 1975, the film exposes espionage that could still be happening in our country today.

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

05/21/2024

4.5/5

Three Days of the Condor is a 1970s post-Watergate political thriller that more or less captured the paranoia at the time.

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Thomas D

@Thom1967 Dec 19

Check this out ! Very interesting (a bit slow next to recent movies…) and catchy. R. Redford & F. Dunaway are amazing… my favourite character is the one played by M. von Sydow. Very 70’s and BRILLIANT !!

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John O

Dec 1

Was well paced and time well placed viewing it. Good cast and exellent director.

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alan g

@agenser Oct 5

Pretty actors in a confused, paranoid plot. Wooden acting.

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Monty J

Sep 22

In Three Days of the Condor, Sydney Pollack spins a tale as taut and elusive as a jazz solo unfolding in real time. Robert Redford, lean and searching, plays Joe Turner, an analyst who suddenly finds himself improvising in the darker registers of espionage. Much like a quintet navigating a set without charts, Turner survives by intuition, pivoting off each dissonant chord life throws his way. Pollack keeps the tempo unrelenting, with sudden silences punctuated by eruptions of danger, while Faye Dunaway offers the melancholy counter-melody, shading the narrative with muted grace. The film thrives on its restless rhythm: paranoia is the bassline, trust the vanishing high note. In the grand score of ’70s thrillers, Condor doesn’t just play the changes—it bends them, reminding us that in the shadowy jam session of power and betrayal, survival depends on feeling the groove before the downbeat lands.

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Brent B

@NotoriousBCB Sep 19

Redford at his best…you can see the genesis of his roles in Sneakers and Spy Game.

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William C

Sep 6

A very well made thriller!!! One of my favorites!!! Robert Redford is great in this film!!! Regardless of how many times I've seen it, I always find something I missed last time!!! Highly recommended!!!

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Synopsis

On a seemingly ordinary day, Joe Turner (Robert Redford), a quiet CIA codebreaker, walks into his workplace and finds that all of his coworkers have been murdered. Horrified, Joe flees the scene and tries to tell his supervisors about the tragedy. Unfortunately, he soon learns that CIA higher-ups were involved in the murders. With no one to trust, and a merciless hit man (Max von Sydow) close on his tail, Joe must somehow survive long enough to figure out why his own agency wants him dead.

Director: Sydney Pollack
Producer: Stanley Schneider
Screenwriter: Lorenzo Semple Jr., David Rayfiel
Distributor: Video Classics, Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Dino de Laurentiis Corp., Wildwood Enterprises
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 24, 1975, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2013
Runtime: 1h 57m

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