The Parallax View

Directed by Alan J. Pakula
R
1974    1h 42mThriller, Crime,
7.187%77%
An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head 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.

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Cast of The Parallax View

  • 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
  • Ted GehringSchecter - Hotel Clerk
  • Lee PulfordShirley - Salmontail Bar Girl
  • Doria Cook-NelsonGale - Blond Salmontail Bar Girl
  • Jim DavisGeorge Hammond
  • Joan LemmoOrganist
  • Kenneth MarsFormer FBI Agent Will
  • William JordanTucker's Aide
  • Edward WinterSenator Jameson
  • Stacy Keach, Sr.Commission Spokesman #1
  • Ford RaineyCommission Spokesman #2
  • Alma BeltranJoy Holder
  • Richard BullParallax Goon
  • Suzanne CohaneStewardess
  • Ronda CoplandGirl
  • Joe Di RedaRalph Scoletta
  • Patsy GarrettWoman
  • Penelope GilletteWoman
  • Robert P. LiebSenator Gillingham
  • William SwanHerbert Moon
  • John S. RaginBuster Himan
  • Vernon WeddleHarry Lutz
  • Anthony ZerbeProf. Nelson Schwartzkopf (uncredited)
  • Shirley AnthonyPlane Passenger (uncredited)
  • Craig R. BaxleyC.I.A. Agent - Top of Space Needle (uncredited)
  • Jack BerlePlane Passenger (uncredited)
  • Garrett CassellDopey (uncredited)
  • Eddie GarrettPlane Passenger (uncredited)
  • Dorothy HackPlane Passenger (uncredited)
  • George HickmanCommittee Member (uncredited)
  • George HoaglandHotel Guest (uncredited)
  • Kathryn JanssenWoman in Building (uncredited)
  • Steve KelleyClass President (uncredited)
  • John MarlinPlane Passenger (uncredited)
  • Michael David McGuireAssassination Witness (uncredited)
  • Bill ScullyCommittee Member (uncredited)
  • George TracyBar Patron (uncredited)
  • Glenn R. WilderParallax Agent (uncredited)
  • Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Richard NixonSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Lee Harvey OswaldSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • John XXIII.Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Alan J. PakulaDirector / Producer
  • Robert TowneWriter

The Parallax View Ratings & Reviews

  • ColeJuly 16, 2025
    A journey into the abyss and best believe it looks back at you. An absolutely bleak political thriller that’ll make you feel hopeless as corporations shape the modern political landscape with human pawns. Conspiracy will be sure to consume you with this one.

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