When a Stranger Calls

When a Stranger Calls

6.2IMDb Score
Released:1979-08-24
Duration:97 min
Director:Fred Walton
Actors:Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Colleen Dewhurst, Tony Beckley, Rutanya Alda
Production:Melvin Simon Productions, Columbia Pictures

Overview:

A student babysitter has her evening disturbed when the phone rings. So begins a series of increasingly terrifying and threatening calls that lead to a shocking revelation.

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