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The Parallax View
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.
1974 · Directed by Alan J. Pakula · 102 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller · 41 frames
Tagline
As American as apple pie.
Crew
- Screenplay: David Giler, Lorenzo Semple Jr.
- Cinematography: Gordon Willis
- Edited by: John W. Wheeler
- Music: Michael Small
- Production design: George Jenkins
- Produced by: Alan J. Pakula
Cast
- Warren Beatty as Joseph Frady
- Paula Prentiss as Lee Carter
- William Daniels as Austin Tucker
- Walter McGinn as Jack Younger
- Hume Cronyn as Bill Rintels
- Kelly Thordsen as Sheriff L.D. Wicker
- Chuck Waters as Thomas Richard Linder
- Earl Hindman as Deputy Red
- William Joyce as Senator Charles Carroll
- Betty Murray as Mrs. Charles Carroll
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Doubleday Productions, Harbor Productions, Paramount Pictures, Gus Productions
- Budget: $2,900,000
- Box office: $2,940,000
- Themes: assassination, corruption, based on novel or book, politics, seattle, washington, senator, conspiracy, reporter, psychological thriller, los angeles, california
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