Review of Telefon (1977) by Bill S — 14 Dec 2013

Superb movie with 2 great actors. Lee Remick is lovely.

This review of Telefon (1977) was written by Bill S on 14 Dec 2013.

Telefon has generally received mixed reviews.

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Instead of winding tighter and tighter, as a suspense story should, Telefon just winds down, rather like -- come to think of it -- a phone…

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