When the Phone Rings (2024)

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Their love hangs by a thread... until a stranger picks up the phone.

A rising politician and his mute wife's tense marriage begins to unravel after a call from a kidnapper turns their lives upside down.

• Released: 2024-11-22
• Genres: Drama, Mystery, Crime
• Seasons: 1, 12 episodes
• Episode length: 1h 10m
• Network: MBC
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 8.3/10 from 313 votes

Created by Kim Ji-woon.

Top cast

• Yoo Yeon-seok as Baek Sa-eon
• Chae Soo-bin as Hong Hee-ju
• Heo Nam-jun as Ji Sang-woo
• Jang Gyu-ri as Na Yu-ri
• Lee Doo-seok as Kang Hyeong-Cheol

Full cast & crew

Where to watch When the Phone Rings

• United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• India: stream on Netflix
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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