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Night Caller
Black
& White version
(AHH):
Shapely Marcia Fowler (Felicia
Farr) accuses a neighborhood boy,
Roy Bullock (Bruce
Dern), of peeping at her while she
was sun-bathing. Roy denies it and later manages to ingratiate himself with
Marcia's husband (David
White)
and her lonely stepson, both of whom suffer from Marcia's lack of care. Marcia
gets an obscene phone call and, convinced that it was made by Roy to intimidate
her, tells her husband, who confronts the boy. Again, Roy denies having
bothered Marcia in any way and adds that she's probably just looking for
attention. When Fowler goes away on a business trip, Roy confronts Marcia. She
has just had another obscene phone call and is certain that Roy made it. When
he starts lecturing her for being a tease and an improper wife and mother, just
as his own mother had been, she grows terrified , grabs a gun, accuses him of
making the lewd phone calls, and shoots him. As he falls to the floor, the
phone rings... Directed by
Alf Kjellin.
The original Black &White version was an hour-long presentation on The Alfred
Hitchcock Hour, first airing 1/31/1964.
COLOR
version
(AHPC):
The color remake is a half-hour presentation. Betsy Van Kennon (Linda
Fiorentino),
a recent divorcée who just moved into an apartment complex in Marina Del Rey,
tells everyone she enjoys her independence. In reality, she still suffers
psychologically from her sexually abusive husband. Late one night, while she is
changing for bed, Betsy notices a strange man watching her from across the
courtyard. Quickly turning the light off and covering the window with a
blanket, Betsy receives a phone call from the man, asking her to move the
blanket - it's obstructing his view. Although she isn't certain who the
stranger is, she suspects Art Toomey (Michael
O'Keefe), her neighbor. As the days
pass, the obscene phone calls continue, both at home and at work, and concerned
for her well-being, she notifies the police. But when she explains her problem
to a detective (Stephen
Davies), he sadly explains that he is
unable to do anything other than serve a verbal warning to Art. Finally Betsy
becomes so distraught over the phone calls that she buys a gun and stays home
from work one evening, waiting for a chance to rid herself of the pervert. When
Art knocks on her door, asking to "talk about the misunderstanding," she takes
advantage of the opportunity and shoots him... shortly before the phone rings
again.... Chilling.... First aired 11/5/1985. Directed by and Teleplay by
John Byrum.
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