Three Days of the Condor is a
1975 American thriller film produced by Stanley Schneider and directed by
Sydney Pollack. The screenplay, by
Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel, was adapted from the novel
Six Days of the Condor by
James Grady.
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The movie is a suspense drama set in contemporary
New York City, and is considered an exposition of the moral ambiguity of the actions of the United States government following the
Vietnam War and
Watergate. It stars
Robert Redford as an employee of the
Central Intelligence Agency who inadvertently becomes involved in a deadly power struggle within the agency.
The film was nominated for the 1976
Academy Award for
Film Editing. Semple and Rayfiel received an
Edgar Award from the
Mystery Writers of America for Best Motion Picture Screenplay.