Telefon
“They'll do anything to stop Telefon. The operation that can trigger 51 human time bombs.”
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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Cast
19 people
Charles Bronson
Major Grigori Borzov
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
Death Wish
Lee Remick
Barbara
Known for
The Omen
Anatomy of a Murder
Donald Pleasence
Nicolai Dalchimsky
Known for
Halloween
Prince of Darkness
Tyne Daly
Dorothy Putterman
Known for
Spider-Man: Homecoming
The Enforcer
Alan Badel
Colonel Malchenko
Known for
Shōgun
The Day of the Jackal
Patrick Magee
General Strelsky
Known for
A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
Sheree North
Marie Wills
Known for
Maniac Cop
Charley Varrick
Roy Jenson
Doug Stark
Known for
Chinatown
Soylent Green
John Mitchum
Harry Bascom
Known for
Dirty Harry
Paint Your Wagon
Jacqueline Scott
Mrs. Hassler
Known for
Duel
Empire of the Ants
Frank Marth
Harley Sandburg
Known for
The Honeymooners
Captain America
Helen Page Camp
Emma Stark
Known for
Galactica 1980
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Don Siegel Director · Stirling Silliphant Screenplay Peter Hyams Screenplay
United States release December 16, 1977 · Produced in United States
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 16, 1977
Theatrical
Denmark
February 17, 1978 · Theatrical
France
June 7, 1978 · Theatrical
Germany
March 17, 1979 · Theatrical
Greece
December 26, 1977 · Theatrical
Ireland
April 7, 1978 · Theatrical
Japan
April 8, 1978 · Theatrical
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