---
title: 'The Killer Is on the Phone (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alberto De Martino'
released: '1972-10-06'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
  - 'Belgium'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-killer-is-on-the-phone-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068227/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Killer Is on the Phone (1972)

1972 · 105 min · Thriller · Italy, Belgium

Original title: L'assassino... è al telefono

## Synopsis

The Killer Is on the Phone is a 1972 giallo film directed by Alberto De Martino. It was released in the U.S. in July, 1975.
The film is set in Bruges, Belgium, and stars Telly Savalas and Anne Heywood. The story follows an attractive actress who has amnesia and paranoia triggered by a chance encounter with a professional assassin, who in turn begins to follow her with his knife.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alberto De Martino](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-de-martino)
- **Screenplay:** [Alberto De Martino](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-de-martino), [Adriano Bolzoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/adriano-bolzoni), [Renato Izzo](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-izzo)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stelvio Cipriani](https://cinepixo.com/people/stelvio-cipriani)
- **Producer:** [Aldo Scavarda](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-scavarda)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joe D'Amato](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-d-amato)
- **Editor:** [Otello Colangeli](https://cinepixo.com/people/otello-colangeli)

## Cast

- [Alessandro Perrella](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-perrella)
- [Serge-Henri Valcke](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-henri-valcke)
- [Giorgio Piazza](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-piazza)
- [Willeke van Ammelrooy](https://cinepixo.com/people/willeke-van-ammelrooy)
- [Telly Savalas](https://cinepixo.com/people/telly-savalas)
- [Osvaldo Ruggieri](https://cinepixo.com/people/osvaldo-ruggieri)
- [Rossella Falk](https://cinepixo.com/people/rossella-falk)
- [Roger Van Hool](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-van-hool)
- [Antonio Guidi](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-guidi)
- [Ada Pometti](https://cinepixo.com/people/ada-pometti)
- [Anne Heywood](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-heywood)

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