Considered one of his greatest performances, the late Gene Hackman stars as paranoid wiretapper Harry Caul in Francis Ford Coppola's Cannes-winning masterpiece THE CONVERSATION.⁠ ⁠ In a recent revisiting of the film, Variety's Peter Debruge calls it "Hackman’s career-defining role," noting that "Hackman often described himself as a 'physical actor' ... he revealed his characters through their actions, whether endlessly rewinding the incriminating tape or ripping up the floorboards in his bugged