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Don't Answer the Phone  (1980)

Don't Answer the Phone
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
R
Theatrical Feature Running Time:
94 mins

Theatrical Release Information:
Don't Answer the Phone

This mix of drama, camp, and brutal violence is anchored by the performance of Nicholas Worth. Worth plays Kurt Smith, a sweaty, balding maniac who strangles women with a stocking, raping and mutilating them during and after death. A Vietnam veteran, Smith prowls the streets of Hollywood posing as a photographer, then sells his violent porn to sleazy smut-peddler Sam (Porky's star Chuck Mitchell). At home, Smith lifts weights and tells off his dead father, whose abuse was obviously one cause of his mania. Sometimes he calls the radio show of psychiatrist Lindsey Gale (Flo Gerrish), posing as a Puerto Rican named Ramon and asking for advice about his headaches. Dedicated cop McCabe (James Westmoreland) has no luck solving the case until Smith murders one of Dr. Gale's patients, in an unforgivably sick scene. The patient (Paula Warner) was molested by her father, which Smith overhears. When he breaks into her house that night, Smith ties her up while cooing, "Daddy loves his little girl," and pouring hot wax on her as she cries into her teddy-bear. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide


Don't Answer the Phone Trivia

Who played Lt. Chris McCabe in the movie Don't Answer the Phone?
James Westmoreland played Lt. Chris McCabe in the movie Don't Answer the Phone

Who played Dr. Lindsay Gale in the movie Don't Answer the Phone?
Flo Gerrish played Dr. Lindsay Gale in the movie Don't Answer the Phone

Who played Sgt. Hatcher in the movie Don't Answer the Phone?
Ben Frank played Sgt. Hatcher in the movie Don't Answer the Phone

Who played Kirk Smith in the movie Don't Answer the Phone?
Nicholas Worth played Kirk Smith in the movie Don't Answer the Phone

Who played Adkins in the movie Don't Answer the Phone?
Stan Haze played Adkins in the movie Don't Answer the Phone

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