When Michael Calls
When Michael Calls | |
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Based on | When Michael Calls by John Farris |
Written by | James Bridges |
Directed by | Philip Leacock |
Starring | Ben Gazzara Elizabeth Ashley Michael Douglas |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Edgar J. Scherick |
Producer | Gil Shiva |
Cinematography | Reginald H. Morris Donald Wilder |
Editor | P.A. James |
Running time | 73 minutes |
Production companies | 20th Century Fox Television Palomar Pictures |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | February 5, 1972 |
When Michael Calls is a 1972 American made-for-television mystery thriller film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Elizabeth Ashley, Ben Gazzara and Michael Douglas.[1] It was adapted from John Farris's 1967 novel of the same name.
Plot
[edit]Helen Connelly is a woman whose nephew Michael died 15 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. Filmed in October - November 1971.
Cast
[edit]- Ben Gazzara as Doremus Connelly
- Elizabeth Ashley as Helen Connelly
- Michael Douglas as Craig
- Marian Waldman as Elsa Britton
- Karen Pearson as Peggy Connelly
- Larry Reynolds as Dr. Britton
- Al Waxman as Sheriff Hap Washbrook
- Alan McRae as Harry Randall
- Chris Pellett as Peter
- Steve Weston as Enoch Mills
- Robert Warner as Sam
- John Bethune as Quinlan
- William Osler as Prof. Swen
- Michèle Chicoine as Amy
Release
[edit]The television film was first broadcast as an ABC Movie of the Week on February 5, 1972.[2]
Home media
[edit]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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- 1972 films
- 1972 horror films
- 1972 television films
- 1970s English-language films
- 1970s mystery thriller films
- 1970s psychological thriller films
- 20th Century Fox Television films
- ABC Movie of the Week
- American horror thriller films
- American mystery thriller films
- American psychological thriller films
- American horror television films
- American films about revenge
- Films based on American novels
- Films based on thriller novels
- Films directed by Philip Leacock
- Films shot in Toronto
- Films about telephony
- 1970s American films
- American horror television film stubs