Three Days of the Condor is a movie directed by Sydney Pollack in 1975 and based on the book Six Days of the Condor by James Grady, first published in 1974. The movie features Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow, John Houseman, Addison Powell, and others.
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Storyline
Joe Turner is a bookish CIA analyst, code named Condor. He works at the American Literary Historical Society in New York City, which is actually a clandestine CIA office. The seven staff members read books, newspapers, and magazines from around the world, looking for hidden meanings and other useful information. Turner files a report to CIA headquarters on a thriller novel with some strange plot elements.
Movie vs Book
Year
1975
Minutes
117
Movie Rate
7.40
Source: IMDb
Movie
Three Days of the Condor
Director: Sydney Pollack
Country: USA
Year: 1975
Length: 1h57m
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Year
1974
Pages
192
Book Rate
8.18
S: Goodreads
Book
Six Days of the Condor
Author: James Grady
Country: USA
First published in: 1974
Length: 192 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: The Condor
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Series by Todd Katzberg, Ken Robinson, Jason Smilovic
User polls & recommendations
“The purest experience for the movie is not to have read the book because when you've read the book you're just ticking off boxes.”
ZACK SNYDER (Filmmaker)
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