- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- September 28, 1979 (45 years ago)
- Language
- English
- Origin
- United States
- Production companies
- Melvin Simon Productions
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
When a Stranger Calls
Where to watch (United States)
Cast
Carol KaneJill Johnson
Charles DurningJohn Clifford
Colleen DewhurstTracy
Tony BeckleyCurt Duncan
Rutanya AldaMrs. Mandrakis
Carmen ArgenzianoDr. Mandrakis
Kirsten LarkinNancy
Ron O'NealLt. Charlie Garber
HeetuHouseboy
Rachel RobertsDr. Monk
Michael ChampionBill
William BoyettSgt. Sacker
Joseph RealeBartender
Ed WrightRetired Man
Louise WrightRetired Woman
Carol Tillery BanksMrs. Garber
Dennis McMullenMaintenance Man
Wally TaylorCheater
John TobyansenBar Customer
Sarah DammannBianca Lockart
Richard BailStevie Lockart
Steven AndersonStephen Lockart
Lenora MaySharon
Randy HollandMaitre d'
Trent DolanPoliceman #1
Frank DiElsiPoliceman #2
Arell BlantonPoliceman #3
DeForest CovanOfficer #1
Charles BoswellOfficer #2
Crew
Reviews
Discover this shocking ’70s deep cut to middle-class America A babysitter is terrorised by an anonymous called in first-time director Fred Walton’s proto-slasher When a Stranger Calls.
Lessons of Darkness: When a Stranger Calls (1979): C Fred Walton’s urban legend-inspired When a Stranger Calls began life as a short film, only to be expanded past the twenty-minute mark once Halloween unearthed a box-office market for serial killer thrillers. The problem with such a profit-driven plan, however,...
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