1971·Crime·1h 39m
7.0
★
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.
Directed by Sidney Lumet
new york city
robbery
based on novel or book
internal affairs
surveillance
ex-con
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Cast
Sean Connery
Duke Anderson
Dyan Cannon
Ingrid
Martin Balsam
Haskins
Ralph Meeker
Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney
Alan King
Pat Angelo
Christopher Walken
The Kid
Val Avery
Parelli aka Socks
Dick Anthony Williams
Spencer
Garrett Morris
Officer Everson
Stan Gottlieb
Pop
Paul Benjamin
Jimmy
Anthony Holland
Psychologist
Crew
Sidney Lumet
Director
Frank Pierson
Screenplay
Quincy Jones
Original Music Composer
Marion Dougherty
Casting
Popular Reviews
30 reviews
raviPRO
6.0★ · 12/21/25
watched this while cleaning my room and stopped to stare at christopher walken whenever he was on screen
watched this while cleaning my room and stopped to stare at christopher walken whenever he was on screen
Davis Carroll
7.0★ · 09/25/25
An early (and still prescient) film about American surveillance culture, has some good twists and turns and is overall pretty solid. I can't find any evidence online but I have to believe that this had to have inspired Soderbergh at least somewhat when making Ocean's, that music is spot on.
An early (and still prescient) film about American surveillance culture, has some good twists and turns and is overall pretty solid. I can't find any evidence online but I have to believe that this had to have inspired Soderbergh at least somewhat when making Ocean's, that music is spot on.
Tommydog
4.9★ · 09/07/25
Part heist movie, part surveillance drama. Even though it was a few years earlier, I feel like Dog Day Afternoon did the heist better (also directed by and written by Pierson) and The Conversation did the analogue spying better. The cross cutting to the security footage and the cops constantly really killed the pacing, and the score while experimental, was quite distracting. The heist was head ass, even more so than the Brink Job. I don’t know how anyone thought they would get away clean. Some good performances, but felt like a lower tier Lumet movie.
Part heist movie, part surveillance drama. Even though it was a few years earlier, I feel like Dog Day Afternoon did the heist better (also directed by and written by Pierson) and The Conversation did the analogue spying better. The cross cutting to the security footage and the cops constantly really killed the pacing, and the score while experimental, was quite distracting. The heist was head ass, even more so than the Brink Job. I don’t know how anyone thought they would get away clean. Some good performances, but felt like a lower tier Lumet movie.
Kyle Walton
8.0★ · 09/07/25
Surprisingly really fun and funny caper. With enough grit to make it thrilling as well.
Surprisingly really fun and funny caper. With enough grit to make it thrilling as well.
Zach
9.8★ · 09/05/24
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