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The Anderson Tapes

The Anderson Tapes
The Anderson Tapes film poster.jpg
original movie poster
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Produced by Robert M. Weitman
Screenplay by Frank Pierson
Based on The Anderson Tapes
1970 novel
by Lawrence Sanders
Starring Sean Connery
Dyan Cannon
Martin Balsam
Alan King
Music by Quincy Jones
Cinematography Arthur J. Ornitz
Edited by Joanne Burke
Production
company
Robert M. Weitman Productions
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 17, 1971 (1971-06-17) (US)
Running time
95 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $3 million
Box office $5 million (US/Canada)

The Anderson Tapes is a Technicolor 1971 American crime film in Panavision directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Sean Connery and featuring Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, and comedian Alan King. The screenplay was written by Frank Pierson, based upon a best-selling 1970 novel of the same name by Lawrence Sanders. The film is scored by Quincy Jones and marks the feature film debut of Christopher Walken.

It was the first major film to focus on the pervasiveness of electronic surveillance, from security cameras in public places to hidden recording devices. Following the Watergate scandal a few years later, covert surveillance, and who is listening, became the themes of several 1970s films such as The Conversation and The Parallax View.

Burglar John "Duke" Anderson (Sean Connery) is released after ten years in prison. He renews his relationship with his old girlfriend, Ingrid (Dyan Cannon). She lives in a high-class apartment block (1 East 91st Street) in New York City and Anderson, almost instantly, decides to burgle the entire building in a single sweep – filling a furniture van with the proceeds. He gains financing from a nostalgic Mafia boss and gathers his four-man crew. Also included is an old ex-con drunk, "Pop" (Stan Gottlieb), whom Anderson met in jail, and who is to play concierge while the real one is bound and gagged in the cellar.


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