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Who starred as the surveillance expert in The Conversation?
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Francis Ford Coppola
American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola won the Oscar for best director for The Godfather: Part II (1974).
Gene Hackman starred as the surveillance expert in the 1974 film The Conversation, which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola.123