Synopsis
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic65/100
389 audience votes
Key crew
- Alan J. PakulaDirector
- Lorenzo Semple Jr.Screenplay
- David GilerScreenplay
- Michael SmallOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Warren BeattyJoseph Frady
- Paula PrentissLee Carter
- William DanielsAustin Tucker
- Walter McGinnJack Younger
- Hume CronynBill Rintels
- Kelly ThordsenSheriff L.D. Wicker
- Chuck WatersThomas Richard Linder
- Earl HindmanDeputy Red
- William JoyceSenator Charles Carroll
- Betty MurrayMrs. Charles Carroll
- Bill McKinneyParallax Assassin
- Jo Ann HarrisChrissy - Frady's Girl
Stills
Themes
assassinationcorruptionbased on novel or bookpoliticsseattle, washingtonsenatorconspiracyreporterpsychological thrillerlos angeles, californiapolitical assassinationmontage