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A Cry for Help (1975 film)

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'A Cry for Help' is a 1975 American made-for-television drama film directed by Daryl Duke and written by Peter S. Fischer. The film starred Robert Culp as an abusive radio talk-show host and premiered as the 'ABC Movie of the Week' on February 12, 1975.Laurence Etling 'Radio in the Movies: A History and Filmography, 1926-2010'-0786486163 2011 Page 37 "In the TV movie A Cry for Help (1975), Robert Culp was a talk show host who is quick to insult his listeners but when a caller threatens suicide he enlists the audience's help in finding her by soliciting information about her description and possible location."

Plot



Harry Freeman is a radio talk-show host who abuses those who call in, but changes his behavior when he receives a call from a suicidal teenage girl. He asks his listeners for help in finding her by soliciting information about her description and possible location.

Cast



*Robert Culp as Harry Freeman

*Elayne Heilveil as Ingrid Brunner

*Ken Swofford as Paul Church

*Julius Harris as George Rigney

*Chuck McCann as Buddy Marino

*Michael Lerner as Phillip Conover

*Bruce Boxleitner as Richie Danko

Reception



Synopsis from 'Modcinema':
A Cry for Help (working title: 'End of the Line') stars Robert Culp as an acerbic, Don Imus-like radio talk show host. When one of his callers, an anxious young woman, threatens to kill herself, Culp laughs it off. Later, however, he realizes that the girl wasn't kidding, and mounts a frantic effort-with the help of his loyal audience-to locate the would-be suicide. Richard Levinson and William Link's script stretches the tension level to the snapping point, and you'll love every minute of it.


References



Category:1975 television films

Category:1975 films

Category:1975 drama films

Category:Films about radio people

Category:ABC Movie of the Week

Category:Films directed by Daryl Duke

Category:American drama television films

Category:1970s American films


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