
Q & A(1990)
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him.


“The Crime of the Century!”
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.

Sean Connery
Duke Anderson

Dyan Cannon
Ingrid

Martin Balsam
Haskins

Ralph Meeker
Police Captain 'Iron Balls' Delaney

Alan King
Pat Angelo

Christopher Walken
The Kid

Val Avery
Parelli aka Socks

Dick Anthony Williams
Spencer

Garrett Morris
Officer Everson

Stan Gottlieb
Pop
The Anderson Tapes is a crime, thriller, action film released in 1971 exploring themes of new york city, robbery, based on novel or book, internal affairs, surveillance, ex-con. Directed by Sidney Lumet, it stars Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam. Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.
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