The Caller
Director Richard Ledes Producer Linda Moran, René Bastian, Richard Ledes Writer Richard Ledes, Alain-Didier Weill Editor Madeleine Gavin Director of Photography Stephen Kazmierski Music Robert Miller Cast Frank Langella, Elliott Gould, Laura Harring Country USA Language English Film Info 95min Genre Film Noir
The riveting Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon, Good Night, and Good Luck) and the incomparable Elliott Gould (Ocean’s Eleven, M.A.S.H.) lead the cast in Richard Ledes’ absorbing noir thriller.
When Jimmy Stevens (Langella), an executive at an international energy firm, decides to blow the whistle on his company's corrupt practices, he knows he will be killed. So he anonymously hires private detective Frank Turlotte (Gould) to stay on his tail. Turlotte reluctantly accepts the job, but unbeknownst to him, the man he was hired to investigate and the man who hired him are one and the same. As Stevens' and Turlotte's lives continue to intertwine, puzzle pieces fall together, and the secrets of the past start to explain the future.
Delivering an understated performance that subtly evokes all the complexities of his character, Langella is at his finest. Together with Gould, and along with Laura Harring, (Mulholland Drive) as an exquisite femme fatale, the trio brings a natural sophistication to Ledes' and Alain Didier-Weill's sharp, labyrinthine script.