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6.6Nicolai 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.
Released: 1977-12-16102 minDir: Don SiegelThriller, Action, Crime
Cast
- Charles Bronson as Major Grigori Borzov
- Lee Remick as Barbara
- Donald Pleasence as Nicolai Dalchimsky
- Tyne Daly as Dorothy Putterman
- Alan Badel as Colonel Malchenko
- Patrick Magee as General Strelsky
Themes
- based on novel or book
- espionage
- spy
- soviet union
- kgb
- secret agent
- brainwashing
- terrorism
- sabotage
- political thriller
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
6,411 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
44%
- Year
- 1977
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 1 nomination
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 336427
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- publication date
- 1977-01-01
- title
- Telefon
- review score
- 44%
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Connections
Soviet Union
Concept
San Francisco
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Suicide
Concept
Houston
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International Standard Book Number
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Hollywood
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IMDb
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Robert Frost
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Quentin Tarantino
Person
The New York Times
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The Washington Post
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Charles Bronson
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KGB
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Company
Rotten Tomatoes
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Donald Pleasence
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Los Angeles Times
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Great Falls
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United Artists
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Categories
1970s psychological thriller films1970s spy films1977 American films1977 English-language films1977 filmsAmerican spy filmsAmerican thriller filmsCinema International Corporation filmsCold War spy filmsEnglish-language thriller filmsFilms about memory erasure and alterationFilms about the Central Intelligence AgencyFilms about the KGBFilms based on American novelsFilms based on thriller novelsFilms directed by Don SiegelFilms scored by Lalo SchifrinFilms set in CalgaryFilms set in ColoradoFilms set in FloridaFilms set in HoustonFilms set in Langley, VirginiaFilms set in Los AngelesFilms set in Montana