Directed by Sydney Pollack, Three days of the Condor was one of its time’s most tense and intriguing suspense flicks. This movie was a well made and thought out thriller revolving around a conspiracy theory, and the best thing that worked out for this movie back then (when it was launched), is that the incident of Watershed had just passed and it led to a number of people believing in the authenticity of this movie’s storyline.

This movie, starring Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway, was one of the first movies featuring Hollywood actors as plotters, assassins and federal agents involved in murders. The conspiracies revolving around federal murders had gained some air during those days and this movie was well timed for the storyline it portrayed.

Redford, the target in this movie, is portrayed as a high school kid, dressed up in tweeds and snickers. He is shown as obscurely working for the American Literary Historical Society, which is a front of the CIA. The strings between the society and the CIA are not very clearly shown in the movie, but what one infers out as a first impression is that they do some research with foreign books and computerize them in order to decipher certain hidden codes and messages.

While working on his job, all the other members of his team are shot dead while luckily, he was out having lunch. As the story unfolds, Redford, with the assistance of Faye Dunaway (Kathy), is able to figure out that the assassination of his colleagues had something to do wit the personal motives of the CIA. The role gets serious as this realization falls upon Dunaway, after which he make an effort to unearth the plot completely. The results of his expedition are surprising, intriguing and a bit expected- definitely a classic to watch.