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1976 • R • 2h 1m • Drama • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Television will never be the same.

🍅 91% 93% MC 83 LB 4.26 IMDb 8.1

Box office summary

Domestic total
$23.70M
Final
Budget$3.8M
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Sidney Lumet Sidney Lumet Director Faye Dunaway Faye Dunaway Starring William Holden William Holden Starring Robert Duvall Robert Duvall Starring Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
ScreenplayPaddy Chayefsky Produced byHoward Gottfried, Fred C. Caruso CinematographyOwen Roizman Music byElliot Lawrence StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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