--- product_id: 16401125 title: "The Telephone Book" price: "€ 1.56" currency: EUR in_stock: false reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.ie/products/16401125-the-telephone-book store_origin: IE region: Ireland --- # The Telephone Book **Price:** € 1.56 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Telephone Book - **How much does it cost?** € 1.56 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ie](https://www.desertcart.ie/products/16401125-the-telephone-book) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A major, though forgotten, work from New York's underground film scene of the late 60s and early 70s, Nelson Lyon's the Telephone Book tells the story of a sex-obsessed hippie who falls in love with the world's greatest obscene phone caller and embarks on a quest to find him. Her journey introduces to her to an avant-garde stag filmmaker, a manipulative psychiatrist, a bored lesbian housewife, and more. Photographed in high-contrast black-and-white, and punctuated with a remarkable, surreal animated sequence, the Telephone Book is one of the greatest cult films you've probably never heard of. Review: Strange, but worthwhile - I saw this come up in the list of trailers on the Cinefamily Vimeo and was intrigued enough to look for more clips and found "The Telephone Book (1971) Obscene Phone Caller Confession" which was weird, but the one the clip that made me purchase the DVD immediately was "Lucy Lee Flippin in The Telephone Book" and not only me, one of my friends wanted to buy it also. The movie structure is a lot like a French art movie mixed up with Wharhol with a young lady falling in love with the world's best obscene caller and having adventures trying to track him down. I thought the scene with the train flasher running away from the protagonist as he was scared of dirty women was funny. There are sex scenes in the movie, but they are shot artistically so you can call this art more than sleaze. The scene in the pornographer's den has a woman who does the fastest boobie shaking I have seen. It's hard to really explain the progression of this movie in any logical sense, the colour sequence at the end and the animation will either be the icing on the cake or make you turn off the movie. Not sure who to recommend this movie to, hopefully fans of rare weird releases will enjoy it as I have heard other reviewers saying they had never heard of it and they have been out looking for titles like this for years. Review: silly sex - this sex romp is so very early 60's! It's got a Laugh-in star and a naked guy draped across a desk with a flower in his... it pokes fun at the sexual revolution in a candid, silly, off-beat way that one seldom sees in films from more recent, jaded decades. It has a lot of nudity but I wouldn't call it pornographic -- just kooky ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 21 Reviews | ## Images ![The Telephone Book - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71H+znwTjiL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Strange, but worthwhile *by T***A on August 28, 2013* I saw this come up in the list of trailers on the Cinefamily Vimeo and was intrigued enough to look for more clips and found "The Telephone Book (1971) Obscene Phone Caller Confession" which was weird, but the one the clip that made me purchase the DVD immediately was "Lucy Lee Flippin in The Telephone Book" and not only me, one of my friends wanted to buy it also. The movie structure is a lot like a French art movie mixed up with Wharhol with a young lady falling in love with the world's best obscene caller and having adventures trying to track him down. I thought the scene with the train flasher running away from the protagonist as he was scared of dirty women was funny. There are sex scenes in the movie, but they are shot artistically so you can call this art more than sleaze. The scene in the pornographer's den has a woman who does the fastest boobie shaking I have seen. It's hard to really explain the progression of this movie in any logical sense, the colour sequence at the end and the animation will either be the icing on the cake or make you turn off the movie. Not sure who to recommend this movie to, hopefully fans of rare weird releases will enjoy it as I have heard other reviewers saying they had never heard of it and they have been out looking for titles like this for years. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ silly sex *by T***H on November 2, 2013* this sex romp is so very early 60's! It's got a Laugh-in star and a naked guy draped across a desk with a flower in his... it pokes fun at the sexual revolution in a candid, silly, off-beat way that one seldom sees in films from more recent, jaded decades. It has a lot of nudity but I wouldn't call it pornographic -- just kooky ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ You Have Never Seen Anything Like It *by C***G on November 29, 2016* This should have been a smutty, smarmy sex comedy, but due to the immensely likeable Sarah Kennedy ("Rowan and Martin's 'Laugh In" and "Match Game") "The Telephone Book" is almost cute. Well, quirky, cute and smutty might be a better description. Ms. Kennedy is a lonely, sensitive young woman living in New York, who is the recipient of an obscene phone call. However, this is not just any obscene phone call, but the "Citizen Kane" of obscene phone calls. Kennedy makes it her mission to track down this caller, taking her down a winding trail of early 70s perversion. Nelson Lyon points his wonderful cast, (Roger C. Carmel, Barry Morse, Dolph Sweet, AND Jill Clayburgh who wears a sleep mask and has a very big gun), in the right direction, while providing the look of 70s New York grindhouse fare. Yes, this movie earns its X rating (particularly due to the animated scene near the end of the movie), but with the exception of the animation, "The Telephone Book" is far from pornographic, but a charming-in-a-strange-way sexy movie, that defies classification. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ie/products/16401125-the-telephone-book](https://www.desertcart.ie/products/16401125-the-telephone-book) --- *Product available on Desertcart Ireland* *Store origin: IE* *Last updated: 2026-05-01*