Three Days of the Condor

Three Days of the Condor

His CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him.

Directed by Sydney Pollack

Produced by The De Laurentiis Company, Tom Ward Enterprises

1975117 min7.3 / 10

A taut 1970s political thriller about a hunted CIA analyst navigating institutional betrayal and paranoia across New York City.

When bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he has kidnapped, must work together to outwit those responsible until he determines who he can really trust.

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  • Is Three Days of the Condor scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is Three Days of the Condor violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Does Three Days of the Condor end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Three Days of the Condor sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Is Three Days of the Condor easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity53

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Surprise73

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love80

How much audiences actually like it

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