---
title: 'The Parallax View (1974)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alan J. Pakula'
released: '1974-06-19'
runtime_minutes: 102
certification: 'R'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-parallax-view-1974'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071970/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Parallax View (1974)

1974 · R · 102 min · United States


## Synopsis

The Parallax View is a 1974 American political thriller film starring Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Kenneth Mars, Walter McGinn, Kelly Thordsen and Jim Davis in support. Produced and directed by Alan J. Pakula, its screenplay is by David Giler and Lorenzo Semple Jr., based on the 1970 novel by Loren Singer. The story concerns reporter Joe Frady's investigation into a secretive organization, the Parallax Corporation, whose business is political assassination. The film over time has generated a more positive reaction from critics but on release the movie struggled to break even. The film is part of what critics have called "The Pakula Paranoia Trilogy", alongside the movies Klute and All the President's Men.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alan J. Pakula](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-j-pakula)
- **Producer:** [Alan J. Pakula](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-j-pakula)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Towne](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-towne), [Lorenzo Semple Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/lorenzo-semple-jr), [David Giler](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-giler)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Small](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-small)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gordon Willis](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-willis)

## Cast

- [Jim Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-davis)
- [Edward Winter](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-winter)
- [Stacy Keach, Sr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/stacy-keach-sr)
- [Richard Bull](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-bull)
- [Kenneth Mars](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-mars)
- [William Joyce](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-joyce)
- [William Joyce](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-joyce-2)
- [Paula Prentiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/paula-prentiss)
- [William Daniels](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-daniels)
- [Warren Beatty](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-beatty)
- [Kelly Thordsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kelly-thordsen)
- [Ford Rainey](https://cinepixo.com/people/ford-rainey)
- [Earl Hindman](https://cinepixo.com/people/earl-hindman)
- [William Jordan](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-jordan)
- [Bill McKinney](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-mckinney)

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