Telefon

Director: Don Siegel, Donald Siegel Don Siegel

Overview

When a renegade Soviet agent devises a complex plan to unleash a series of bombs on the United States, a KGB agent teams with an American double agent to stop him. This Cold War thriller follows the agents' attempts to defeat the would-be bomber and his network of brainwashed spies.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/30/2018
UPC:	0888574600396
Original Release:	1977
Rating:	PG
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:43:00
Sales rank:	16,140

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Charles Bronson	Actor
Lee Remick	Actor
Donald Pleasance	Actor
Tyne Daly	Actor
Alan Badel	Actor
Sheree North	Actor
Patrick Magee	Actor
Frank Marth	Actor
Helen Page Camp	Actor
Roy Jenson	Actor
Jacqueline Scott	Actor
Ed Bakey	Actor
John Mitchum	Actor
Iggie Wolfington	Actor
Kathleen O'Malley	Actor
Ake Lindman	Actor,Alexandrov
Ansa Konen	Actor
Hank Brandt	Actor
John Carter	Actor
John Hambrick	Actor
Henry Alfaro	Actor
Glenda Wina	Actor
Jim Nolan	Actor
Burton Gilliam	Actor
Regis J. Cordic	Actor,le médecin
George Petrie	Actor
Jeff David	Actor
Carmen Zapata	Actor
Carl Byrd	Actor
Lew Brown	Actor
Peter Weiss	Actor
Robert Phillips	Actor
Cliff Emmich	Actor
Alex Sharp	Actor
Margaret Hall Baron	Actor
Al Dunlap	Actor
Sean Moloney	Actor
Ville Veikko Salminen	Actor
Teppo Heiskanen	Actor
Mika Levio	Actor
Marlene Hazlett	Actor
Tom Runyon	Actor
Claudia Butler	Actor,Actor
Stephanie Ann Rydall	Actor,Actor
Ansa Ikonen	la mère de Dalchimsky
Lalo Schifrin	Composer

Technical Credits

Walter Wager

Peter Hyams

Stirling Silliphant

Paul Baxley	Stunts
Joe Day	Special Effects
James B. Harris	Producer
Don Siegel	Director,Director
Walter Wager	Screenwriter
Peter Hyams	Screenwriter
Stirling Silliphant	Screenwriter
Michael J. Kohut	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Al Overton	Sound Effects
John Riordan	Sound Effects
Aaron Rochin	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

This Cold War thriller has plenty of spy intrigue and action yet is strangely uninvolving. The reason for this problem lies in Telefon's script, which focuses on plot at the expense of characterization: The viewer never gets a chance to understand what drove Dalchimsky to his genocidal mania or why Borzov struggles to avoid any personal involvements in his life. As a result, the film's array of twists and action scenes lack dramatic weight because there is no human element to give them a spark. Despite this key flaw, Telefon remains watchable for a few reasons. The first is Don Siegel's skillful direction, which keeps things rolling at a snappy pace and creates a number of snazzy action set pieces in the process (the best is a hotel chase that is capped with a memorable car stunt in the hotel garage). The second reason is the stellar cast: Bronson is a typically solid action hero, Pleasence manages to make his stock character believably creepy, and Remick gives the film some much-needed warmth as Borzov's mismatched but skillful American ally. All in all, Telefon is probably a little too dated and tame for most modern viewers but it offers enough well-crafted thrills to please action buffs.