Two years before All the President's Men, Alan J Pakula directed this equally potent and startlingly similar conspiracy thriller. Investigating a political assassination, reporter Warren Beatty uncovers evidence of a sinister agency called the Parallax Corporation, which recruits its marksmen from the dregs of disillusioned society. With an excellent script by David Giler and Lorenzo Semple Jr, stunning photography by The Godfather cameraman Gordon Willis, and perfect acting, the story of Beatty's infiltration of the society and his attempt to foil yet another killing is riveting, fascinating and nerve-racking.

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.