"You'd never take her for a call girl. You'd never take him for a cop."

1971

1h 54m

6.7(480 votes)

Thriller

Mystery

Crime

Overview

A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.

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Cast & Crew

36 members

Acting

Donald Sutherland

John Klute

Acting

Jane Fonda

Bree Daniels

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Charles Cioffi

Peter Cable

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Roy Scheider

Frank Ligourin

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Dorothy Tristan

Arlyn Page

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Rita Gam

Trina

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Nathan George

Trask

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Vivian Nathan

Psychiatrist

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Morris Strassberg

Goldfarb Sr.

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Barry Snider

Berger

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Betty Murray

Holly Gruneman

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Jane White

Janie Dale

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Shirley Stoler

Momma Reese

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Robert Milli

Tom Gruneman

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Anthony Holland

Actor's Agent

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Fred Burrell

Man in Hotel

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Richard B. Shull

Sugarman

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Mary Louise Wilson

Producer in Adv. Agency

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Marc Malvin

Asst. Prod. in Adv. Agency

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Jean Stapleton

Goldfarb’s Secretary

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Jan Fielding

Psychiatrist's Secretary

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Antonia Rey

Mrs. Vasek

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Robert Ronan

Director in Little Theatre

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Richard Russell Ramos

Asst. Dir. in Little Theatre

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Rosalind Cash

Pat

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Sylvester Stallone

Club Patron (uncredited)

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Jerome Collamore

Custodian (uncredited)

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Candy Darling

Discothèque Patron (uncredited)

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Kevin Dobson

Man at Bar (uncredited)

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Veronica Hamel

Model (uncredited)

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Richard Jordan

Man Kissing Bree in Night Club (uncredited)

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Tony Major

Bill Azure (uncredited)

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Harry Reems

Discothèque Patron (uncredited)

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Joe Silver

Dr. Spangler (uncredited)

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Ellen Stretton

Woman at Bar (uncredited)

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Lee Wallace

Nate Goldfarb (uncredited)

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