A Cry for Help
Released: February 12, 1975Runtime: 73 min
A talk-radio host, who specializes in abusing and insulting his audience, gets a call from a disturbed teenage girl who says she is going to commit suicide. After first encouraging her, he has a change of heart and frantically tries to get his listeners to help find the girl before she makes good on her threat.
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Robert Culp
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Elayne Heilveil
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Ken Swofford
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Julius Harris
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Chuck Mccann
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Michael Lerner
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Bruce Boxleitner
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Lee De Broux
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Granville Van Dusen
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Ken Sylk
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