Klute

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Klute

R,

1971,

1h 54m,

Mystery & Thriller

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92%

48 Reviews

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80%

5,000+ Ratings

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48 Reviews

80%

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5,000+ Ratings

This acclaimed thriller stars Jane Fonda as Bree Daniel, a New York City call-girl who becomes enmeshed in an investigation into the disappearance of a business executive. Detective John Klute is hired to follow Daniel, and eventually begins a romance with her, but it appears that he hasn't been the only person on her trail. When it becomes clear that Daniel is being targeted, it's up to her and Klute to figure out who is after her before it's too late.

Critics Consensus

Donald Sutherland is coolly commanding and Jane Fonda a force of nature in Klute, a cuttingly intelligent thriller that generates its most agonizing tension from its stars' repartee.

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Feb 18, 2020

As close to a classic as anything New Hollywood produced.

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David Robinson

Financial Times

Feb 12, 2020

What lifts it above its B-picture origins (and the pastiche is certainly conscious) is the style -- crisp, elliptical, only moderately arty -- of Alan J. Pakula's direction.

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Derek Malcolm

Guardian

Feb 12, 2020

This is done with remarkably little dialogue but with a tremendous sense of tension and atmosphere.

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Christopher Lloyd

The Film Yap

May 26, 2026

2.5/5

Jane Fonda won an Oscar playing a psychologically complex prostitute in the first of Alan J. Pakula's "paranoia" trilogy. And Donald Sutherland! So why is this iconic film so damn dull?

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Dec 29, 2024

9/10

For the bulk of the film, it’s a character study rather than a crime thriller, which continues to help with the hyper-realism and Bree's personal complexity.

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Alan Jones

Radio Times

Aug 8, 2024

5/5

There's nail-biting suspense in spades, thanks to the atmospheric cinematography of Godfather cameraman Gordon Willis.

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Han S

Jan 20, 2019

The first part of his "paranoia trilogy," Alan J. Pakula's 1971 thriller details the troubled life of a Manhattan prostitute stalked by one of her tricks. ne of the most important and influential movies of the early 1970s.

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Finn G

Dec 16, 2018

very gritty and real.

Finn S

Dec 1, 2018

I rented it because Jane Fonda had a good word for it. True, she does good and so are the others actors. All look very real and it is quite a time capsule. The story is going at length and not moving forward much in the middle but I suppose this is quite realistic as well in an investigation. The ending has a good twist. The psychology of the characters seems to hold on and the whole is solid.

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Poe W

Nov 11, 2018

The romance is a little unconvincing, but I like that the mystery/thriller stuff comes to a pretty believable conclusion. This is the perfect role for Fonda, allowing her to be both tough and vulnerable.

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Abraham L

Jul 3, 2018

Slow and boring. A few smart points in a bloated story. Jane Fonda is fine, but just. There is no "wow!" here. It all seems like fun ideas that didn't actually amount to much.

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Albus W

Feb 19, 2018

"Klute" refers to the detective John Klute (Donald Sutherland) agreeing to go on his own to find his friend, Tom Gruneman (Robert Milli) who's been missing for a half a year, and apparently, a call girl, Bree( Jane Fonda) was supposed to have been the last suspected person to been seen with him

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Alan J. Pakula

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Jane Fonda

Bree Daniel

Donald Sutherland

John Klute

Roy Scheider

Frank Ligourin

Charles Cioffi

Peter Cable

Dorothy Tristan

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Synopsis

This acclaimed thriller stars Jane Fonda as Bree Daniel, a New York City call-girl who becomes enmeshed in an investigation into the disappearance of a business executive. Detective John Klute is hired to follow Daniel, and eventually begins a romance with her, but it appears that he hasn't been the only person on her trail. When it becomes clear that Daniel is being targeted, it's up to her and Klute to figure out who is after her before it's too late.

Director: Alan J. Pakula
Producer: Alan J. Pakula
Screenwriter: Andy Lewis, David P. Lewis
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Warner Brothers
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 23, 1971, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2008
Runtime: 1h 54m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: 35mm, Scope (2.35:1)

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