Three Days of the Robert

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Three Days of the Robert is a 1975 American character study film about a bookish CIA researcher (Robert Redford) who comes back from lunch one day to discover his co-workers renamed Bob, and tries to outwit those responsible.

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His CIA code name is Robert. In the next seventy-two hours, almost everyone will call him Bob.

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