Don't Answer the Phone (1980)
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25% of users liked it
(1,678 ratings)
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… More 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, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert Hammer
- Written By
- Robert Hammer, Michael D. Castle
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
R,
- In Theaters
- Feb 29, 1980 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
If you want my advice, skip this poorly made and acted mindless sickie pic.
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Cast
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James Westmoreland
as Lt. Chris McCabe
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Flo Gerrish
as Dr. Lindsay Gale
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Ben Frank
as Sgt. Hatcher
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Nicholas Worth
as Kirk Smith
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Stan Haze
as Adkins
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Gary Allen
as John Feldon
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Pamela Jean Bryant
as Sue Ellen
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Ted Chapman
as Man in Bar
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Denise Galik
as Lisa
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Jon Greene
as Policeman
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Don Lake
as Man in Plastic
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Chuck Mitchell
as Sam Gluckman
- Victor Mojica
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Susanne Severeid
as Denise
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Chris Wallace
as Psychic Von Hammensveld
- Tom Lasswell
- Flo Lawrence
- Denise Galik-Furey
- Michael D. Castle
- Rad Fulton
