A Cry for Help is a 1975 American made-for-television drama film directed by Daryl Duke and written by Peter S. Fischer.
The film starred Robert Culp as an abusive radio talk-show host and premiered as the ABC Movie of the Week on February 12, 1975.
Synopsis from Modcinema:A Cry for Help (working title: End of the Line) stars Robert Culp as an acerbic, Don Imus-like radio talk show host.
Later, however, he realizes that the girl wasn't kidding, and mounts a frantic effort-with the help of his loyal audience-to locate the would-be suicide.
Richard Levinson and William Link's script stretches the tension level to the snapping point, and you'll love every minute of it.