Telefon Page #5

Synopsis: The KGB is looking for one of their people, a man named Dalchimsky because he has stolen something important but, unfortunately, he manages to get through the border. Later in the U.S. some seemingly ordinary people after receiving a phone call go out and destroy key American military installations. Back in the U.S.S.R. General Strelsky and Colonel Malchenko send for Grigori Borzov, a KGB agent who has been to the U.S. on missions before. They inform him that after the U-2 incident in fear of the possibility that a war with the U.S. will occur; they were part of an operation called TELEFON that involved recruiting young agents and then brainwashing them into believing that they are Americans. They would assume the identity of an American who died a long time ago and who would be their age now. They would be situated in a city that is near or where a key U.S. military installation is located. They were also programmed to destroy upon receiving the command phrase. They have been fortunat
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Don Siegel
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
PG
Year:
1977
102 min
389 Views


how much this affects you.

If we don't stop Dalchimsky, who do you

think will face washington's retaliation?

- Ha-ha. This is delicious.

- The Soviet Union.

You mean, we're supposed

to be protecting the U.S.A.?

That's right.

You must admit it's ironic.

KGB sending you

to preserve the American establishment.

what about the cities?

- what cities?

- of the saboteurs.

I mean, do they all live in the same places

as the installations they attack?

Some do, some don't.

oh. well, I guess

that doesn't get us anywhere, then.

wait a minute. Sit down.

cities. Hometowns. Hometowns.

Bascom lived in Denver.

Hassler, Apalachicola.

Peters lived in Akron, Diller in Los Angeles,

wills in cambridge.

D for Denver. A for Apalachicola.

A for Akron. L for Los Angeles.

c for cambridge. H-I-M-S-K-Y.

Dalchimsky.

- Does he spells it with two A's?

- No, but Hassler failed at Apalachicola.

He was shot out of the air.

The base was left untouched.

can't you see it?

Just look at it. That's the proof.

The next attack was in Akron.

That son-of-a-b*tch mad dog.

He's running his name across the country.

Then the next one has to be H.

There are two H hometowns.

well, how do you know that?

There must be hundreds

of places beginning with H.

It's not important how I know.

come with me.

woMAN:

Operator.

operator, I want this call charged

to my credit-card number, please.

It's 7832440066M.

The number I'm calling is 214...

- Dougout.

BoRzo V:
Mr. Doug Stark, please.

Doug's gone fishing. This is Emma.

what can I do you for?

when do you expect him back?

when he fills the truck

with them goddamn fish.

Say tomorrow night.

Are you positive he won't return

in the next 24 hours?

well, if he ain't back by then,

I'm going looking for the bastard.

who is this, anyway?

- The IRS.

- Get lost.

If we can't find him, Dalchimsky can't.

woMAN:

Operator.

operator, I wanna place a long-distance call

person-to-person to Mr. Martin callender...

...in Houston, Texas, please.

Gregg.

Be carefuI, huh?

Yes, sir. can I help you?

I have an appointment

with Mr. Martin callender.

Purchasing Department

is on the second floor.

- Thank you.

- Just a minute. Do you mind? Let me check.

He constantly moves about the hoteI.

Always pays to check.

Right now, he's up at the restaurant.

The one on the very top floor.

- Those elevators will take you up there.

- Thank you.

Hold it, Barbara. Trace it.

our people seem to have lost you.

Are you still in Los Angeles?

- No, we've just arrived in Houston.

- Where in Houston?

There's something I think

you have to know about Dalchimsky.

He apparently has the capability

of triggering a lot of saboteurs.

- I don't know how yet.

- we better get a backup team right in there.

No. No, that's the worst thing

you could possibly do.

It would tip off Dalchimsky

and accelerate the sabotages.

That's the prime reason

that the KGB only sent one man.

Hold it, Barbara.

okay, now, when your major

has caught up with Dalchimsky...

...and eliminated him...

...get the names

and locations of all the saboteurs...

...and then, of course, get the major.

wait a minute. You can't mean that.

Not now that we know

he's working for the same thing we are.

Essential to your credibility.

Now, the KGB believes in you. We want

them to continue to believe in you.

Just follow their orders.

Kill him when he's killed Dalchimsky.

MAITRE D':
Good afternoon, sir.

- Good afternoon.

- would you like a table for one?

- No, thank you.

I'm looking for Mr. callender.

I was told he would be here.

I guess he just left.

Ah. There's Monsieur callender.

Did Mr. callender

just receive a phone call?

Yes, I called him to the phone.

Thank you.

- Are you all right?

- oh, yeah. Yeah, I'm-

Yeah, but I was so worried about you.

- what happened in there? Are you all right?

- Yes.

I saw Dalchimsky. I tried to stop him,

but he managed to drive away.

we'll get to Halderville

before he does.

okay.

Please, where are your road maps?

- what state, sir?

- This state, of course.

- we're out of Texas.

- out of Texas?

Lots of folks buy them for souvenirs

and put them in their game rooms.

we'll be getting some more in

next Thursday.

But I have to get to Halderville now.

Not next Thursday.

How can I get there without a road map?

Go back up here to Interstate 45.

Go due north.

You'll get pretty near Halderville there.

There's only one flight to Halderville,

and it left two hours ago.

oh... Thank you.

BoRzo V:

Thank you.

charming Mrs. Stark said

her husband is still fishing, and that's good.

Ah. There's one flight to Halderville,

and it left two hours ago.

- At least Dalchimsky couldn't get out.

- we'd better charter a plane.

Yeah.

You know, it really isn't fair.

You have that big dossier on me.

All the resident showed me was

your picture. That and your name and rank.

That's all I know about you.

All right.

- what do you wanna know?

- oh...

Just something about you as a person.

Like, why do you do what you do?

I mean-

Allow me.

I mean, is it, uh, politicaI ideology

or patriotism...

...or stimulation

from danger and excitement?

why do you do it?

I think one should do

what they do best.

Do you find that amusing?

well, it's just kind of funny

the way the thought process works.

It just popped into my mind

that you've never tried to make love to me.

Silly, isn't it?

would that have brought us closer

to Dalchimsky?

would it have taken us further away?

That's all you think about, isn't it?

I mean, getting Dalchimsky.

UntiI we do get Dalchimsky,

that's all I wanna think about.

That wouldn't be a promotion, would it?

I mean, that's the first time you said "we. "

I think you're a very capable person

and I value you very much.

So far we've made a good team,

but, you know, you talk too much.

If- I mean, when we get Dalchimsky...

...I suppose you'll be going home.

Are you going home to anyone?

I mean, do you have a wife?

No.

Lucky girI.

I know, I talk too much.

BoRzo V:

close your window.

MAN [oN RADIo]:

61-21. Request 10-29.

woMAN:

61-21...

Lock your door.

woMAN:

- '73 Chevrolet, 1427.

- Emma, what do you call your soup tonight?

- clam chow, that Manhattan style.

what style is that, Emma, without clam?

- Ha-ha-ha.

- Listen. It's hot. what else do you expect?

Dougout.

DALcHIMSKY:
Yes. I would like to speak

to Mr. Doug Stark, please.

I've already told you a dozen times

he'll be back tonight.

And if he ain't, he's gonna be sorrier than

you are if you keep pestering me like this.

Listen, mister, whoever you are.

You calling him every 10 minutes

ain't gonna get him here any sooner.

Perhaps, since I am not too far away,

I could come there directly.

- Would that be all right?

- Sure, you can come.

Suit yourself.

can't say I'm looking forward to it.

- Goddamn foreigners.

- Ha-ha-ha.

- Are you gonna take the chowder or what?

- oh, no, not the chowder.

I think I'll try the chili with a draft beer.

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Peter Hyams

Peter Hyams (born July 26, 1943) is an American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer, known for directing Capricorn One, the 1981 science fiction thriller Outland, 2010 (the sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey), the 1986 action/comedy Running Scared, the comic book adaptation Timecop, the action film Sudden Death (both starring Jean-Claude Van Damme), and the horror films The Relic and End of Days. more…

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