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* ''Series/FatherBrown'': In "The Lair of the Libertines", the phone line to the hotel is cut. Father Brown discovers this just after he finds the first body.

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* ''Series/FatherBrown'': In "The "[[Recap/FatherBrownS3E8 The Lair of the Libertines", Libertines]]", the phone line to the hotel is cut. Father Brown discovers this just after he finds the first body.
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* In ''Film/SilverLode'', Ballard asks telegraph operator Paul Herbert to send wires to California to confirm or contradict [=McCarty=]'s accusations (hoping to [[ClearMyName clear his name]]), but the lines are down. It is later revealed that [=McCarty=]'s men cut the telegraph lines.

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* In ''Film/SilverLode'', Ballard asks [[WesternUnionMan telegraph operator operator]] Paul Herbert to send wires to California to confirm or contradict [=McCarty=]'s accusations (hoping to [[ClearMyName clear his name]]), but the lines are down. It is later revealed that [=McCarty=]'s men cut the telegraph lines.
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* In ''Film/{{Firstborn}}'' (1984), the no-good drug-dealing boyfriend of the titular boy's divorced mother does this.

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* In ''Film/{{Firstborn}}'' ''Film/{{Firstborn|1984}}'' (1984), the no-good drug-dealing boyfriend of the titular boy's divorced mother does this.
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* ''Literature/TheFamousFive'': This happens in ''Five Fall into Adventure'', when George is kidnapped. The telephone lines have been cut, and the kidnappers are watching Kirrin Cottage to make sure nobody leaves the house to tell the police.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'': Played for laughs. After the were-rabbit's mass destruction of vegetables, Wallace is taking all the telephone calls with the complaints from customers, answering several handsets at once. He finally puts an end to it by pulling the plug out of the wall.
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* In ''Film/DisturbingThePeace'', the bikers cut the phone and power lines to Horse Cave, which also disables the cell tower.
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* ''Film/GodsGun'': After TakingOverTheTown, the Clayton Gang destroy the telegraph lines so no one in Juno City can contact the outside world for help.

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