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Three Days of the Condor (1975)

Directed by:
Sydney Pollack

COUNTRY
USA

GENRE
Political thriller

NORWEGIAN TITLE
Tre dager for Condor

RUNNING TIME
117 minutes

Produced by:
Stanley Schneider
Written by (based on the novel by James Grady):
Lorenzo Semple Jr.
David Rayfiel


Cast includes:

CHARACTER ACTOR/ACTRESS RATING
Joe Turner (Condor) Robert Redford
Kathy Hale Faye Dunaway
Higgins Cliff Robertson ½
Joubert Max von Sydow ½
Wabash John Houseman -

Leonard Atwood

Addison Powell -
Sam Barber Walter McGinn -
Janice Chong Tina Chen -
S.W. Wicks Michael Kane -
The Major Jess Osuna -

 

Review

Accompanied by a chic jazzy score and an ever-fashionable Robert Redford sporting his golden blonde locks, this 1975 political paranoia thriller opens promisingly with a welcoming intro followed by a suspense-building hit. What follows is an abundance of smokescreens and wild-goose chases designed to keep you, as a viewer, just as much in the dark as Redford’s character. Going underground in New York City, he resorts to everything from top 1970s tech-savviness to a rather unpleasant Stockholm-syndrome-like seduction of a Faye Dunaway character with a worrying lack of integrity. It’s not quite as sharp as the Redford character’s fashion sense, but you may just find yourself going along with it – especially if you were around to experience the post-Watergate paranoia that existed at the time.

Re-reviewed: Copyright © 06.12.2024 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang
Original review: Copyright © 29.03.2003 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang