When Michael Calls
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Director Philip Leacock Screenplay James Bridges Country United States | 6/10 IMDb Genre Horror, Thriller Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date February 5, 1972 (1972-02-05) Based on When Michael Calls
by John Farris Writer James Bridges, John Farris (novel) Production 20th Century Fox Television Cast Ben Gazzara (Doremus Connelly), Michael Douglas (Craig), Elizabeth Ashley (Helen Connelly), Karen Pearson (Peggy Connelly), Larry Reynolds (Dr. Britton), Al Waxman (Sheriff Hap Washbrook)Similar movies Southland Tales , The Howling , Blood Work , 2:13 , Playboy Cops , His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th Tagline In "When Michael Calls," Elizabeth Ashley receives mysterious phone calls. Who's keeping her on the hook? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
When Michael Calls is a 1972 American made-for-television horror-thriller film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Elizabeth Ashley, Ben Gazzara and Michael Douglas. It was adapted from John Farris' 1967 novel of the same name.
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Plot
Helen Connelly is a woman whose nephew Michael died fifteen years earlier. She is separated from her husband, Doremus. She is close to Michael's brother, Craig. When mysterious happenings began taking place and she begins receiving phone calls from the supposedly dead Michael, Helen begins to wonder if Michael is really dead or if she is losing touch with reality.
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Release
The television film was first broadcast as an ABC Movie of the Week on February 5, 1972.
The film has been released on VHS and DVD by various small labels. It also appears under the title Shattered Silence.
References
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