Don't Answer the Phone!

Don't Answer the Phone!

94 mins | Thriller, Horror | Feb. 29, 1980

A deeply disturbed photographer and Vietnam veteran, named Kirk Smith, terrorizes Los Angeles by going around strangling lingerie-clad young women in their homes while taunting Lindsay Gale, a young psychologist, by calling her on a radio call-in show to describe his sexual hang-ups and misogynistic ways, while a local police detective, Lt. McCable, is always two steps behind in trying to catch the psycho.

Don't Answer the Phone!

94 mins | Thriller, Horror | Feb. 29, 1980

Don't Answer the Phone!
A deeply disturbed photographer and Vietnam veteran, named Kirk Smith, terrorizes Los Angeles by going around strangling lingerie-clad young women in their homes while taunting Lindsay Gale, a young psychologist, by calling her on a radio call-in show to describe his sexual hang-ups and misogynistic ways, while a local police detective, Lt. McCable, is always two steps behind in trying to catch the psycho.
IMDb rating 4.8
Producers Crown International Pictures, Scorpion
Original title Don't Answer the Phone!
Directors Robert Hammer
Writers Robert Hammer, Michael D. Castle

Cast

James Westmoreland

as Lt. Chris McCabe

Ben Frank

as Sgt. Hatcher

Flo Lawrence

as Dr. Lindsay Gale

Nicholas Worth

as Kirk Smith

Denise Galik

as Lisa

Stan Haze

as Adkins

Gary Allen

as John Feldon

Michael D. Castle

as Lab Man

Pamela Jean Bryant

as Sue Ellen

Ted Chapman

as Man in Bar

Chris Wallace

as Psychic Von Hammensveld

Dale Kalberg

as Nurse

Susanne Severeid

as Hooker

Gail Jensen

as Joyce

Paula Warner

as Carol

Joyce Ann Jodan

as Roommate

Deborah Leah Land

as Police Woman

Chuck Mitchell

as Sam Gluckman

Victor Mohica

as Ventura