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A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of the United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run, while holding evidence that could convict the President.


“As American as apple pie.”
An ambitious reporter gets in 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.

Warren Beatty
Joseph Frady

Paula Prentiss
Lee Carter

William Daniels
Austin Tucker

Walter McGinn
Jack Younger

Hume Cronyn
Bill Rintels

Kelly Thordsen
Sheriff L.D. Wicker

Chuck Waters
Thomas Richard Linder

Earl Hindman
Deputy Red

William Joyce
Senator Charles Carroll
Betty Murray
Mrs. Charles Carroll
The Parallax View is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 1974 exploring themes of assassination, corruption, based on novel or book, politics, seattle, washington, senator. Directed by Alan J. Pakula, it stars Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, William Daniels. An ambitious reporter gets in 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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