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Telefon (1977)

PG  102 min  -  Crime | Action | Thriller   -  16 December 1977 (USA)
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The KGB is looking for one of their people, a man named Dalchimsky because he has stolen something important but... See full summary »

Director:

Don Siegel

Writers:

Peter Hyams (screenplay), Stirling Silliphant (screenplay), and 2 more credits »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Charles Bronson ...
Lee Remick ...
Barbara
Donald Pleasence ...
Nicolai Dalchimsky
Tyne Daly ...
Dorothy Putterman
Alan Badel Alan Badel ...
Colonel Malchenko
Patrick Magee Patrick Magee ...
General Strelsky
Sheree North ...
Marie Wills
Frank Marth Frank Marth ...
Harley Sandburg
Helen Page Camp Helen Page Camp ...
Emma Stark
Roy Jenson Roy Jenson ...
Doug Stark
Jacqueline Scott ...
Mrs. Hassler
Ed Bakey Ed Bakey ...
Carl Hassler
John Mitchum ...
Harry Bascom
Iggie Wolfington Iggie Wolfington ...
Father Stuart Diller
Hank Brandt Hank Brandt ...
William Enders
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Storyline

The KGB is looking for one of their people, a man named Dalchimsky because he has stolen something important but, unfortunately, he manages to get through the border. Later in the U.S. some seemingly ordinary people after receiving a phone call go out and destroy key American military installations. Back in the U.S.S.R. General Strelsky and Colonel Malchenko send for Grigori Borzov, a KGB agent who has been to the U.S. on missions before. They inform him that after the U-2 incident in fear of the possibility that a war with the U.S. will occur; they were part of an operation called TELEFON that involved recruiting young agents and then brainwashing them into believing that they are Americans. They would assume the identity of an American who died a long time ago and who would be their age now. They would be situated in a city that is near or where a key U.S. military installation is located... Written by <rcs0411@yahoo.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

KGB | Photographic Memory | Poem | Suicide | Hypnosis  | See more »

Taglines:

They'll do anything to stop Telefon. The operation that can trigger 51 human time bombs. See more »

Genres:

Crime | Action | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

O Telefone See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) See more »
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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

During the parking garage sequence, a yellow Lincoln Continental Sedan plays an important part in the attempted bombing of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston Texas (actually San Francisco, California). In Charley Varrick, also directed by 'Don Siegel (I)', a yellow Lincoln Continental was used during a bank robbery, where the driver, played by Jacqueline Scott, is wounded and dies. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: No foreign cars were allowed to be used by KGB officials back in 1970s. Instead of filmed Mercedes Pullman KGB general should've been driven in ZIL or Volga. See more »

Quotes

Grigori Borzov: Being paranoid doesn't mean we're not being followed.
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Connections

Referenced in Death Proof (2007) See more »