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Telefon (1977) [N/A]

Release Date:
December 16, 1977

Original Title:
Telefon

Alternate Titles:
O Telefone - Charles

Genres:
Action | Crime | Thriller

Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  DK: 15  GR: 13  IE: 12  JP: R18+ 

Runtime: 102

They'll do anything to stop Telefon. The operation that can trigger 51 human time bombs.

Overview from TheMovieDB

Nicolai Dalchimski, a mad KGB agent steals a notebook full of names of "sleeping" undercover KGB agents sent to the U.S. in the 1950's. These agents got their assignments under hypnosis, so they can't remember their missions until they're told a line of a Robert Frost poem. Dalchimski flees to the U.S. and starts phoning these agents who perform sabotage acts against military targets.

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Art Direction:
William F. O'Brien

Casting:
Pam Polifroni

Costume Design:
Luster Bayless
Edna Taylor

Director:
Don Siegel

Director of Photography:
Michael C. Butler

Editor:
Douglas Stewart

Gaffer:
Michael A. Jones

Hairstylist:
Jean Burt Reilly

Makeup Artist:
Phil Rhodes
Del Acevedo

Novel:
Walter Wager

Original Music Composer:
Lalo Schifrin

Producer:
James B. Harris

Production Design:
Ted Haworth

Screenplay:
Peter Hyams
Stirling Silliphant

Set Decoration:
Robert R. Benton

Special Effects:
Joe Day

Still Photographer:
Kenny Bell

Stunt Coordinator:
Paul Baxley

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