A Cry for Help is a 1975 ABC network television movie which aired on February 12, 1975.
Plot[]
Harry Freeman (Robert Culp) is a cynical radio host whose act involves insulting his audience. When he receives a call from an alarmingly anxious teenage girl who threatens to commit suicide, he mocks the situation as usual, but then realizes that the suicide threat is no joke.
Freeman rushes to the airwaves to do something out of character: implore his listeners for help He and his audience work together to find the suicidal young woman before she goes through with her threat.
Cast[]
- Robert Culp as Harry Freeman
- Elayne Heilveil as Ingrid Brunner
- Ken Swofford as Paul Church
- Julius Harris as George Rigney
- Chuck McCann as Buddy Marino
- Michael Lerner as Phillip Conover
- Bruce Boxleitner as Richie Danko