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Telefon

Telefon

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

19776.61h 42m

Overview

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.

Directed by Don Siegel
Written by Peter Hyams, Stirling Silliphant, Walter Wager
Produced by James B. Harris
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Top Cast

Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson

Major Grigori Borzov

Lee Remick

Lee Remick

Barbara

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Nicolai Dalchimsky

Tyne Daly

Tyne Daly

Dorothy Putterman

Alan Badel

Alan Badel

Colonel Malchenko

Patrick Magee

Patrick Magee

General Strelsky

Sheree North

Sheree North

Marie Wills

Roy Jenson

Roy Jenson

Doug Stark

John Mitchum

John Mitchum

Harry Bascom

Jacqueline Scott

Jacqueline Scott

Mrs. Hassler

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookespionagespysoviet unionkgbsecret agentbrainwashingterrorismsabotagepolitical thriller

About Telefon

Telefon is a thriller, action, crime film released in 1977 exploring themes of based on novel or book, espionage, spy, soviet union, kgb, secret agent. Directed by Don Siegel, it stars Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence. 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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