Movie
Telefon
They'll do anything to stop Telefon. The operation that can trigger 51 human time bombs.
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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Checked Sep 2, 2026
Telefon opened in theaters December 16, 1977. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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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Cast
Charles BronsonMajor Grigori Borzov
Lee RemickBarbara
Donald PleasenceNicolai Dalchimsky
Tyne DalyDorothy Putterman
Alan BadelColonel Malchenko
Patrick MageeGeneral Strelsky
Sheree NorthMarie Wills
Roy JensonDoug StarkCredits
- Directed by
- Don Siegel
- Written by
- Stirling Silliphant, Peter Hyams, Walter Wager
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-MayerUnited States