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The Anderson Tapes (1971)

Directed by Sidney Lumet

Crime | Comedy | Drama

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Overview

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.

Rated PG | Length 99 minutes

Actors

Sean Connery | Dyan Cannon | Martin Balsam | Ralph Meeker | Alan King | Christopher Walken | Val Avery | Dick Anthony Williams | Garrett Morris | Stan Gottlieb | Paul Benjamin | Anthony Holland | Richard B. Shull | Conrad Bain | Margaret Hamilton | Judith Lowry | Max Showalter | Janet Ward | Scott Jacoby | Norman Rose | Meg Myles | John Call | Raoul Kraushaar | John Braden | Paula Trueman | Michael Miller | Michael Prince | Frank Macetta | Jack Doroshow | Michael Clary | Hildy Brooks | Robert Dagney | Bradford English | Reid Cruickshanks | Tom Signorelli | Carmine Caridi | Michael Fairman | George Patelis | William J. Daprato | Sam Coppola | Mary Boylan | Bruce Brown | James Forster | Charles Frank | Al Kirk | Tom Nobles

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Viewing Notes

A slick heist film with some problematic flaws. Surveillance technology is a large part of the plot, but looking back, it didn’t seem like it was all that important to the story, except to give the film an ironic twist at the end.

Sean Connery is always great to watch. Martin Balsam’s gay character is a bit cringy, but that seems par for the course when it comes to depicting gays back in the day. The cast also includes a very young Christopher Walken, and SNL’s Garrett Morris.

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