Intimate Stranger (TV 1991)

A struggling bar singer takes a job as a phone-sex operator in order to make ends meet. One night she gets a call from a man who tricks her into listening while he murders a prostitute. ... See full summary »

Director:

Allan Holzman

Writers:

Rob Fresco, Jeff Scheftel (additional dialogue)

Stars:

Deborah Harry, James Russo, Paige French

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Deborah Harry	...	Cory Wheeler
James Russo	...	Nick Ciccini
Paige French	...	Meg Wheeler
Tim Thomerson	...	Malcolm Henthoff
Grace Zabriskie	...	Dana P. Ashley
Mel Johnson Jr.	...	Billy
Lee Wallace	...	Detective Bickner
Billy Vera	...	Ricardo
Ed Bernard	...	Captain Milliken
Tia Carrere	...	Mina
Amy Hill	...	Madame
Neal Israel	...	Herbie
Mark Daneri	...	Cop #2
Enrique Castillo	...	Cop #3 (as E.J. Castillo)
Jan Munroe	...	Cop #4

Storyline

A struggling bar singer takes a job as a phone-sex operator in order to make ends meet. One night she gets a call from a man who tricks her into listening while he murders a prostitute. Then he tells her that he's going to kill her next. She goes to the police, but the detectives don't believe her. However, an ambitious uniformed cop does believe her, and together they try to track down the killer before he kills anyone else--including her.

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Plot Keywords:

prostitute | murder | singer | police | phone sex operator | 

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Taglines:

She just turned on the wrong guy!

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Genres:

Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 November 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

After Midnight

Company Credits

Production Co:

South Gate Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

[first lines]
[voiceover]
Ricardo: Ladies and gentlemen, the Tom Tom Club's own Mistress of Rock 'n' Roll, Cory Wheeler and A Few Good Men.

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Soundtracks

"Down Down Down"
Music and Lyrics by Andras Jones
Performed by Mr. Jones and The Previous

User Reviews

Poor movie but with a very sexy Deborah Harry

Bellow average thriller starring Deborah Harry as a phone sex operator that one night receives a call in which an obsessed client murders a woman and tells her that she is next. The police don't believe her but a uniform cop hoping to crack a big case offers to help and so the investigation begins.

The only thing worth your time is Deborah Harry doing phone sex. There are two long scenes in which we see her character at work and I must say that even though the dialog was obviously scripted Harry's voice and acting are a pleasure to hear and watch. In conclusion: she's hot.

Other than that the movie is a bad attempt at a semi erotic thriller but don't expect sex or loads of nudity. It's not even a decent whodunit because the killer is not any character that appears during the movie.

James Russo is awful as always and the story is badly built and by the halfway point just looses any sense. In the end things just get ridiculous.

So if you're a big fan of Deborah Harry or a phone sex addict this is your movie. If you actually want a good movie look elsewhere.