A ringing phone after midnight can be a disturbing experience but until Simon, a successful barrister, hears from Macy, his friend from university days, he doesn't know just how disturbing.
Acting
Rickman's simmering panic — polite Englishman cracking in real time.
Direction
Amiel traps you in Simon's flat, no escape from the escalating mess.
Director
Jon Amiel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jon Amiel directed this for BBC2's 'Screen Two' before his Hollywood breakthrough with 'The Singing Detective.'
Made during the peak of 'moral panic' era British TV, when the small screen could still get away with genuine sleaze.
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