FILMWAWhen a Stranger Calls Back1993

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How Long Is “When a Stranger Calls Back”?

Name: When a Stranger Calls Back
Genre: sequel, mystery & suspense, suspense/thriller
Released: 1993-04-04
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Carol Kane, Jill Schoelen, Charles Durning, Gene Lythgow, Karen Austin

1h 40m runtime

19931h 40msequel • mystery & suspense • suspense/thriller

Sequel film with a runtime of 100 minutes, released in 1993. Presented in English.

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Runtime1h 40m

Minutes100

One SittingYes

With Break1h 52m

Spoiler-Free Synopsis

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Carol Kane and Charles Derning star in this pacey thriller. Julia, a a happy and bubbly teenage babysitter finds herself answering the door one late chilly night to a stranger claiming to have broken down in his car. Julia goes off to call for help but bizarrely finds the telephone lines are down. All a part of a plan, when Julia returns to the man, she alarmingly finds he has gone, and taken the young children with him. Years later, Julia, now and introvert and shy college student is convinced that this same man is back, and this time he is haunting her. An intense investigation is undertaken to track down this mysterious man with chilling intentions.

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Runtime1h 40m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break1h 52m

Movie Facts

Release DateApril 4, 1993

Runtime1h 40m

LanguageEnglish

Genressequel, mystery & suspense, suspense/thriller

DirectorFred Walton

ProducerTom Rowe

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