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DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 9, 2001
• R2: 22 May 2000
Budget $740,000
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 37 minutes
Country USA
Studio Columbia Pictures, Melvin Simon Productions
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Other Titles
• Das Grauen kommt um Zehn (1979)
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Genre: Thriller, Horror, Psychos, Serial Killer, Slasher, Cult Classic, Suspense, Murder, Detectives, Melodrama, Revenge, Prison, Terrorism
Tagline: Every babysitter's nightmare becomes real...
Plot: Young babysitter Jill (Carol Kane) is tormented by a series of disturbing phone calls until a cop (Charles Durning) is put on the case to apprehend the caller, who turns out to be a psychotic killer. Seven years later, after the killer is released, he returns to haunt Jill, now a wife and mother. But having learned her lesson as a girl, she's now prepared to deal with him! Considered to be one of the most suspenseful films ever made, WHEN A STRANGER CALLS features performances and plot twists the rightfully earned it legendary status.
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 It's too bad the beginning was so strong because the rest of the movie is uninteresting and pretty stale. Durning really doesn't seem like a P.I. type. Attempts to pick-up its pace in the finale when Kane returns, but it's really not enough.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
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| Directed by |
Fred Walton
April Fool's Day, When a Stranger Calls Back, The Rosary Murders |
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| Written by |
Steve Feke
When a Stranger Calls, Mac and Me, When a Stranger Calls Back | Fred Walton
The Call, April Fool's Day, When a Stranger Calls Back |
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| Cast |
Carol Kane
The Princess Bride, Annie Hall, Dog Day Afternoon |
 | | | Tony Beckley
The Italian Job, Get Carter, Revenge of the Pink Panther | Ron O'Neal
Red Dawn, The Final Countdown, Superfly | | Rachel Roberts
Picnic at Hanging Rock, Murder on the Orient Express, Foul Play | |
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| Music By |
Dana Kaproff
The Big Red One, Empire of the Ants, When a Stranger Calls Back |
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