Don't Answer the Phone! (1980)
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He'll Know You're Alone!
A deeply disturbed photographer and Vietnam veteran, named Kirk Smith, terrorizes Los Angeles by going around strangling lingerie-clad young women in their homes while taunting Lindsay Gale, a young psychologist, by calling her on a radio call-in show to describe his sexual hang-ups and misogynistic ways, while a local police detective, Lt. McCable, is always two steps behind in trying to catch the psycho.
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James WestmorelandLt. Chris McCabe
Ben FrankSgt. Hatcher
Flo LawrenceDr. Lindsay Gale
Nicholas WorthKirk Smith
Denise GalikLisa
Stan HazeAdkins
Gary AllenJohn FeldonMichael D. CastleLab Man
Pamela Jean BryantSue EllenTed ChapmanMan in BarChris WallacePsychic Von HammensveldSusanne SevereidHookerKeywords
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What is Don't Answer the Phone! about?
A deeply disturbed photographer and Vietnam veteran, named Kirk Smith, terrorizes Los Angeles by going around strangling lingerie-clad young women in their homes while taunting Lindsay Gale, a young psychologist, by calling her on a radio call-in show to describe his sexual hang-ups and misogynistic ways, while a local police detective, Lt. McCable, is always two steps behind in trying to catch the psycho.
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Don't Answer the Phone! has a runtime of 94 minutes.
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