Three Days of the Condor: Difference between revisions

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'''Three Days of the Condor''' is a 1975 political thriller starring [[Robert Redford]], Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson and Max Von Sydow.

* [[Affably Evil]]: Joubert. He comes to respect Turner after his various escape attempts. {{spoiler|And after killing Atwood instead of Turner, Joubert even offers Turner friendly advice, a ride to the train station... and even a gun.}}

* [[Aren't You Going to Ravish Me?]]: When Turner is talking to Kathy..

'''Kathy''': The night is young. }}

* [[Artistic License Gun Safety]]: Averted when Joubert comes across Turner holding someone at gunpoint -- he tells Turner to put his thumb under the hammer of his pistol before lowering it. As the Colt M1911 he's holding is a single-action weapon (it can't fire unless cocked first) this not only prevents accidental discharge but also has the same effect as putting the safety catch on.

* [[Disposable Woman]]: Janice, Turner's almost-girlfriend.

* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|With eight innocent people dead all because of what Higgins calls "a war game," Turner reveals to Higgins that Turner had told everything to the ''New York Times.'' But as Turner walks away...}}

** {{spoiler|Also it's suggested that Turner will eventually be killed too, as he is unwilling to flee the country as Joubert advises.}}

* [[Everybody's Dead, Dave]]: The protagonist goes out of the office to get lunch and returns minutes later to find that all of his colleagues, friends and even her love interest have been murdered, himself the actual target and chance survivor.

* [[Face Death with Dignity]]: Janice looks up from her work to see three men pointing silenced Ingrams at her.

'''Janice:''' ''(calmly)'' I won't scream.<br />

'''Joubert:''' I know. }}

* [[Make It Look Like an Accident]]: Joubert {{spoiler|makes it look like Atwood's death is suicide.}}

* [[Lawful Neutral]]: How Joubert sees himself. He's not evil: he just happens to be very good at killing people.

'''Joubert''': Oh, no. It's quite restful. It's almost peaceful. No need to believe in either side, or any side. There is no cause. There's only yourself. ''The belief is in your own precision''. }}

* [[Ominous Multiple Screens]]: Used by [[Mission Control|the Major]].

* [[Phone Trace Race]]: The CIA thinks they've traced Turner's whereabouts, but Turner has stolen a phone linesman's kit and wired fifty phones together.

* [[Properly Paranoid]]: For the movie itself, ''Condor'' came out right after Watergate and Vietnam exposed a lot of criminal goings-on in government. [[Lampshade Hanging|And for Turner,]] this is how one day of being hunted by trained CIA assassins makes him this.

'''Turner''': You didn't start killing ''my friends'' until yesterday! }}

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Joubert asks Turner why he chose "the girl" (Hale) as a hostage. Turner claims it was random, but Joubert doesn't seem to buy it...