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The Caller

  • 19871987
  • RR
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
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Madolyn Smith Osborne in The Caller (1987)
MysterySci-FiThriller
A woman, living in an isolated cabin, lets a mysterious stranger in to make a phone call.A woman, living in an isolated cabin, lets a mysterious stranger in to make a phone call.A woman, living in an isolated cabin, lets a mysterious stranger in to make a phone call.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
1.2K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
17,637
1,142
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    • Director
      • Arthur Allan Seidelman
    • Writer
      • Michael Sloan
    • Stars
      • Malcolm McDowell
      • Madolyn Smith Osborne
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    • Director
      • Arthur Allan Seidelman
    • Writer
      • Michael Sloan
    • Stars
      • Malcolm McDowell
      • Madolyn Smith Osborne
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    • 15User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Malcolm McDowell
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    Madolyn Smith Osborne
    Madolyn Smith Osborne
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    • (as Madolyn Smith)
    • Director
      • Arthur Allan Seidelman
    • Writer
      • Michael Sloan
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    • Trivia
      About 39 minutes in The Caller, Malcolm McDowell, makes reference to Jack the Ripper. He played H.G. Wells in the film Time After Time (1979) where he pursued Jack the Ripper who uses H.G. Wells' time machine to escape the time period 1893.
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      Features Peter Gunn (1958)

    User reviews15

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    Top review
    6/10
    Brilliant script cheapened by ending
    Strange, gripping drama for the first 90% of the movie. McDowell plays his character with a weird calm intensity that keeps your eyes glued to him. Madolyn Smith-Osborne, a terrific actress here and someone who I never heard of, plays a woman who looks like she's about to come unhinged at any moment.

    Part of the problem with this very dialogue-intense movie is that it builds up to such a dramatic climax that it's impossible to keep it going through any explanation of what's really going on. And the explanation really cheapens things.

    What's really great about this movie is the interplay between the two (and only two) characters. In some parts it's brilliant. I wish I had stopped watching some time before Smith-Osborne got all her points, however.
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    • Oct 9, 1999

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    • Release date
      • September 18, 1987 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El visitante
    • Filming locations
      • Empire Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Altar Productions
      • Empire Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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