Don't Answer the Phone! (1980) on Netflix
R19801h 34m
In Los Angeles, a man photographs women by day and strangles them by night. He calls the radio show of Dr. Lindsay Gale, and Lt. Chris McCabe investigates the killings.
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Plot summary
A killer telephones the radio show of Dr. Lindsay Gale in a fake Spanish accent, calling himself Ramon and complaining of chronic headaches. He kills young women in Los Angeles, works as a photographer, and performs religious ceremonies between the murders. Lt. Chris McCabe, investigating the murder of a nurse, finds items in her apartment that suggest the killer served in Vietnam, and detectives are briefed on his profile. Dr. Gale also treats patients at her Valley Free Clinic, including Carol, and the strangler follows Carol home. McCabe visits Dr. Gale, and she tells him she needs a warrant before Carol's file can be released.
Cast
- Michael D. Castleas Lab Man
- Ted Chapmanas Man in Bar
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- Paula Warneras Carol
- Deborah Leah Landas Police Woman
- Tom Lasswellas Police Psychiatrist
- Mike Levineas Gary Markov
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Don't Answer the Phone! (1980)
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- Don't Answer the Phone! was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic, although it was never prosecuted for obscenity.
- Director Robert Hammer drew the film's story from a wave of strangulation murders that took place in Los Angeles in 1978; its working title was Hollywood Strangler.
- The film's first DVD, from Rhino Entertainment in 2001, used a television print with over nine minutes cut out; BCI Eclipse released the uncensored theatrical version on DVD in October 2006.
