The Conversation (1974)

Phone Tap

Bernie (Allen Garfield) demonstrates his telephone interceptor to an unimpressed Harry (Gene Hackman) at a convention of surveillance experts.

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Released in 1974 by Lionsgate.

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  • prop: Harmonica
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  • setting: Assembly Hall
  • theme: Adultery
  • actor: Michael Higgins
  • actor: Allen Garfield
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  • director: Francis Ford Coppola
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  • screenwriter: Francis Ford Coppola
  • year: 1974
  • studio: Lionsgate