INTELLICALL INC
S-3, 1997-09-05
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, NEC
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    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 5, 1997
                     Registration Statement No. 333-________


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM S-3
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                                INTELLICALL, INC.


             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Delaware                                             75-1993841
(State or other jurisdiction of                            (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation of organization)                             Identification No.)

                            2155 Chenault, Suite 410
                          Carrollton, Texas 75006-5023
                                 (972) 416-0022
(Address,  including zip code,  and telephone  number,  including  area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
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                                    Copy to:
William O. Hunt
Chief Executive Officer                     Patrick V. Stark
Intellicall, Inc.                           Kane, Russell, Coleman & Logan, P.C.
2155 Chenault, Suite 410                    3700 Thanksgiving Tower
Carrollton, Texas 75006-5023                1601 Elm Street
(972) 416-0022                              Dallas, Texas 75201
(Name, address, including zip code,         (214) 777-4200
and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
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Approximate  date of commencement  of proposed sale to the public:  from time to
time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
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If the only securities  being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant
to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [ ]

If any of the  securities  being  registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous  basis  pursuant to Rule 415 under the  Securities  Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box.
[X]

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant
to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list
the  Securities  Act  registration  statement  number of the  earlier  effective
registration statement for the same offering. [ ]

If this Form is a  post-effective  amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under
the  Securities  Act,  check  the  following  box and  list the  Securities  Act
registration  statement number of the earlier effective  registration  statement
for the same offering. [ ]

If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, 
please check the following box. [ ]
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                                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
================================================================================================================================
Title of Each Class         Amount to be            Proposed Maximum           Proposed Maximum               Amount of
of Securities to be        Registered (1)        Offering Price Per Share (Aggregate Offering Price (2)   Registration Fee
Registered
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<S>                           <C>                        <C>                      <C>   
Common                        1,865,152                  $5.5625                  $10,374,908                  $3,144
Stock, par
value $.01
per share . .
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<FN>
(1)      Includes a presently  indeterminate number of shares issued or issuable
         upon  conversion of or otherwise in respect of Registrant's 7% Series A
         Convertible Preferred Stock.

(2)      Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) solely for the purpose of calculating
         the amount of the  registration  fee,  based on the average of the high
         and low sales prices of the Common  Stock,  as reported on the New York
         Stock Exchange on September 2, 1997.
</FN>
</TABLE>
         The Registrant hereby amends this  Registration  Statement on such date
or dates as may be necessary to delay its  effective  date until the  Registrant
shall file a further amendment which specifically  states that this Registration
Statement shall  thereafter  become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of
the Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  or until this  Registration  Statement
shall become  effective on such date as the Commission,  acting pursuant to said
Section 8(a), may determine.


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                 SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED SEPTEMBER 5, 1997
PROSPECTUS
                                1,865,152 shares

                                INTELLICALL, INC.

                                  Common Stock

     All of the shares of Common  Stock,  par value $.01 per share (the  "Common
Stock") of  Intellicall,  Inc.,  a Delaware  Corporation  ("Intellicall"  or the
"Company"),  offered hereby are being offered for resale by certain shareholders
of the Company (the "Selling  Stockholders") as described more fully herein. The
Company  will not  receive  any  proceeds  from the sale of the  shares  offered
hereby.

     The  shares of Common  Stock  offered  hereby by the  Selling  Stockholders
consist of (i) in  accordance  with Rule 416 of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act"), a presently  indeterminate  number of shares issued or
issuable  upon  conversation  of or  otherwise in respect of 4,000 shares of the
Company's 7% Series A Convertible  Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock"),  and
(ii) 36,580 shares of Common Stock issued to Swartz Investments,  LLC as partial
consideration for arranging the sale of the Preferred Stock. For the purposes of
calculating  the  number of shares of  Common  Stock  beneficially  owned by the
Selling  Stockholders  holding  Preferred  Stock, the number of shares of Common
Stock  calculated  to be  issuable  in  connection  with the  conversion  of the
Preferred  Stock is based on a price of $2.1875 per share,  which price is below
the price per share of $_______ as of the date of this Prospectus. The number of
shares  available for resale,  however,  is subject to  adjustment  and could be
materially  less or more than such  estimated  amount  depending  on the  future
market price of the Common Stock. This presentation is not intended,  and should
in no way be construed, to constitute a prediction as to the future market price
of the Common Stock.  See "Risk Factors -- Potential  Dilution;  Shares Eligible
for Future Sales;  Possible Effect on Additional  Equity Financing" and "Selling
Stockholders." 
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         THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OFFERED HEREBY INVOLVE A
         HIGH DEGREE OF RISK.  SEE "RISK FACTORS" AT PAGE 6 OF THE
         PROSPECTUS.

         THESE   SECURITIES  HAVE  NOT  BEEN  APPROVED  OR  DISAPPROVED  BY  THE
         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES  COMMISSION
         NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
         COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY
         REPRESENTATIONS TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
                              September ____, 1997


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     All  expenses  of this  offering  will be paid by the  Company  except  for
commissions, fees and discounts of any underwriters,  brokers, dealers or agents
retained by the Selling Stockholders.  Estimated expenses payable by the Company
in  connection  with this  offering are  approximately  $15,500.  The  aggregate
proceeds to the Selling  Stockholders from the Common Stock will be the purchase
price of the  Common  Stock  sold  less the  aggregate  agents'  commission  and
underwriters' discounts, if any. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling
Stockholders  and certain other persons against certain  liabilities,  including
liabilities under the 1933 Act.

     The Common Stock being registered under the Registration Statement of which
this  Prospectus  is a part may be offered  for sale from time to time by or for
the account of such Selling  Stockholders  in the open  market,  on the New York
Stock  Exchange  ("NYSE"),   in  privately   negotiated   transactions,   in  an
underwritten  offering,  or a  combination  of such  methods,  at market  prices
prevailing  at the time of sale,  at prices  related to such  prevailing  market
prices  or at  negotiated  prices.  The  Selling  Stockholders  and any  agents,
broker-dealers  or  underwriters  that  participate in the  distribution  of the
Common Stock may be deemed to be  "underwriters"  within the meaning of the 1933
Act and any  commission  received  by them and any  profit on the  resale of the
Common  Stock  purchased by them may be deemed to be  underwriting  discounts or
commissions   under  the  1933  Act.  See  "Use  of   Proceeds"   and  "Plan  of
Distribution."

     The Common  Stock of the Company is listed on the NYSE  (Symbol:  ICL).  On
September  2, 1997,  the closing  sale price of the Common Stock on the NYSE was
$5.5625.


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                              AVAILABLE INFORMATION

         The Company is subject to the reporting  requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"),  and in accordance  therewith
files reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
(the  "Commission").   Reports,  proxy  and  information  statements,   and  the
information  filed by the  Company  with the  Commission  can be  inspected  and
copied,  at  prescribed  rates,  during  normal  business  hours  at the  public
reference facilities maintained by the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Room
1024,  Washington,  D.C.  20549,  and at the following  Regional  Offices of the
Commission:  Chicago  Regional  Office,  NorthWestern  Atrium  Center,  500 West
Madison Street,  Suite 1400,  Chicago,  Illinois  60661-2511;  New York Regional
Office, 75 Park Place, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10007.  Electronic filings
of such  documents  are  publicly  available  on the  Commission's  Web  site at
http://www.sec.gov.  Copies  of such  materials  can also be  obtained  from the
Public Reference Section of the Commission,  450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20549,  at prescribed  rates.  The Company's  Common Stock is listed on the
NYSE and such reports,  proxy  statements and other  information  concerning the
Company can be inspected  and copies can be obtained at the offices of the NYSE,
20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.

         A registration statement on Form S-3 in respect of the shares of Common
Stock offered by this Prospectus (the  "Registration  Statement") has been filed
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission,  Washington,  D.C. 20549 under the
1933 Act. This Prospectus  does not contain all of the information  contained in
the Registration Statement, certain portions of which have been omitted pursuant
to  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Commission.  Accordingly,  additional
information  concerning  the  Company  and such  securities  can be found in the
Registration  Statement,  including  various  exhibits  thereto,  which  may  be
inspected at the Public Reference Section of the Commission.

                       DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

         The  following  documents  are  incorporated  by  reference  into  this
Prospectus:

      1.       Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996, filed
               with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) of the 1934 Act;

      2.       Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 1997 and June
               30, 1997, filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) of
               the 1934 Act;

      3.       Form 8-K Current Report dated July 21, 1997, as amended, filed
               with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) of the 1934 Act;

      4.       Form 8-K Current Report dated September 2, 1997, filed with the
               Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) of the 1934 Act; and

      5.       The description of the Company's Common Stock registered under
               the 1934 Act contained in the Company's Form 8-A filed with the

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               Commission  on August 25, 1987,  including  any  amendments or
               reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

         All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14
or 15(d) of the 1934 Act subsequent to the date of this  Prospectus and prior to
the termination of this offering shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into  this  Prospectus.   Any  statement  contained  herein  or  in  a  document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded  for purposes of this  Prospectus to the extent that a
statement  contained  herein or in any other  subsequently  filed document which
also  is or is  deemed  to be  incorporated  by  reference  herein  modifies  or
supersedes  such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded  shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Prospectus.

         The Company  will  provide  without  charge to each person to whom this
Prospectus  is delivered,  upon  request,  a copy of any or all of the foregoing
documents  incorporated  herein by  reference  (not  including  exhibits  to the
information   that  is  incorporated  by  reference  unless  such  exhibits  are
specifically incorporated by reference into this Prospectus). Requests should be
directed to  Intellicall,  Inc.,  2155 Chenault,  Suite 410,  Carrollton,  Texas
75006, (972) 416-0022, Attention: Investor Relations.

         No person has been  authorized to give any  information  or to make any
representation other than those contained in, or incorporated by reference into,
this Prospectus, and, if given or made, such information or representations must
not be relied  upon as having  been  authorized  by the  Company or any  Selling
Stockholders.   This  Prospectus  does  not  constitute  an  offer  to  sell  or
solicitation of any offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these shares by
anyone,  in any  state in  which  such  offer,  solicitation,  or sale  would be
unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of
any state,  or in which the person  making  such  offer or  solicitation  is not
qualified  to do so, or to any person to whom it is  unlawful to make such offer
or solicitation. Neither delivery of this Prospectus nor any sale made hereunder
shall,  under any  circumstances,  create any implication that there has been no
change in the  information  herein or the affairs of the Company  since the date
hereof.


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                                   THE COMPANY

         Intellicall is a diversified  telecommunications services and equipment
company.  The Company  provides two primary  services:  (i)  automated  operator
services  for the  private  pay  telephone,  hospitality,  and  inmate  services
industries,  and (ii) prepaid  calling  services.  The Company also provides for
resale of direct dial long distance  services to the private payphone  industry,
and  live  operator  services  through  its  majority  owned   subsidiary,   ILD
Teleservices, Inc. ("ILD").

                  The Company's  primary  telecommunications  equipment  product
offerings  are:  (i) pay  telephones,  network  equipment,  and software for the
United  States  market which  incorporate  advanced  technology  for  internally
performing the functions associated with placing a pay telephone call, including
the completion of automated  operator  assisted calls, (ii) network products and
software for regulated  phone  companies in the United States  ("Local  Exchange
Carriers"  or  "LECs"),  (iii) pay  telephones  and network  management  systems
compatible  with  international  telecommunications  standards,  and  (iv)  call
processing systems for hotels, inmate facilities and other multi-unit users.

         The Company's principal executive offices are located at 2155 Chenault,
Suite 410, Carrollton, Texas 75006-5023, telephone (972) 416-0022.

              CAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR PURPOSES OF THE SAFE HARBOR
                                PROVISIONS OF THE
                PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995

         The Common  Stock  offered  hereby  involves a high degree of risk.  In
addition,  this  Prospectus and the documents  incorporated  herein by reference
contain certain  "forward-looking  statements" within the meaning of Section 27A
of the  1933  Act  and  Section  21E  of  the  1934  Act.  Such  forward-looking
statements,   which  are  often   identified   by  words  such  as   "believes",
"anticipates",  "expects",  "estimates",  "should",  "may",  "will", and similar
expressions,  represent the Company's  expectations or beliefs concerning future
events. Numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, including the factors set
forth below, some of which may be beyond the control of the Company, could cause
actual  results  to  differ   materially  from  the  results  discussed  in  the
forward-looking  statements.  Prospective  purchasers of the Common Stock should
carefully consider the factors set forth below, as well as the other information
contained herein or in the documents incorporated herein by reference.


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                                  RISK FACTORS

Recent History of Losses

         The  Company   incurred  net  losses  of  $4,995,000,   $6,139,000  and
$14,466,000  for the  fiscal  years  ended  December  31,  1996,  1995 and 1994,
respectively,  and a net loss of  $3,097,000  for the six months  ended June 30,
1997. Such losses are primarily  attributable to profit margins on the Company's
hardware  products  which have been  insufficient  to meet  selling,  marketing,
sustaining  engineering,  and  other  general  and  administrative  costs of the
Company.  The  Company's  historical  losses have  required  the Company to seek
various  sources of  financing,  including the sale of assets of the Company and
the sale of debt and equity  securities  including the Preferred Stock purchased
by certain of the Selling Stockholders. While the Company believes operations of
the Company are  improving,  there can be no assurance  that the Company will be
able to return to profitability.

Changes in Management

         The Company has recently made various management changes as a result of
one of the Company's prior senior executive  moving to the Company's  majority -
owned subsidiary, ILD Teleservices, Inc., and the retirement of its former Chief
Financial  Officer.  John J.  McDonald,  Jr.  has  become  president  and  chief
operating  officer  of the  Company  and  John M.  Carradine  has  become  Chief
Financial Officer.  William O. Hunt, the Company's prior president, has remained
as Chairman of the Board and Chief  Executive  Officer.  Mr. McDonald joined the
Company in February 1997 while Mr. Carradine has been with the Company for seven
years in roles of  ever-increasing  responsibility.  While the Company  believes
these  management  changes  are  beneficial  to  the  Company,  there  can be no
assurance  that the new senior  management  team will be able to  implement  the
Company's strategy.

Potential Redemption of Preferred Stock

         Pursuant to the  regulations of the NYSE, in the absence of shareholder
approval,  the  Company may not issue,  in the  aggregate,  more than  1,860,500
shares of Common Stock upon conversion of all of the Preferred Stock. The actual
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon  conversion  of the Preferred
Stock will  depend on the  average  closing  price of the Common  Stock prior to
conversion.  The Company is obligated  to redeem any shares of  Preferred  Stock
which may not be  converted  into  Common  Stock as a result of such  regulatory
limitation,  unless the Company timely obtains  shareholder  approval.  The cash
demands to fund such a redemption may adversely affect the Company's  ability to
make future  capital  expenditures  and fund the  development  and launch of new
products  and/or  services.  Furthermore,  there  can be no  assurance  that the
Company will have cash available to fund such a redemption.


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Possible Need for Additional Financing

         Although  the Company  anticipates  that the net proceeds of its recent
placement  of  Preferred  Stock  and  its  cash  flow  from  operations  will be
sufficient to fund the Company's  operations during the short term, there can be
no assurance that the Company will not require additional financing prior to the
end of such  period.  The  Company's  future  liquidity  will depend on spending
levels,  working  capital  turnover and the volume and timing of equipment sales
and gross margins related thereto.

Recent Telecommunications Act

         The Company's pay telephones in the United States are principally  sold
to   independent    payphone   providers.    In   1996   Congress   passed   the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the "Telecom Act") pursuant to which the Federal
Communications  Commission (the "FCC") was authorized to evaluate and adjust the
amount  of the  compensation  paid  by  long-distance  carriers  to  independent
payphone  companies when consumers  access a long-distance  carrier  directly by
dialing  an  access  or an 800  number  or by  using a  calling  card  which  is
non-billable  by the payphone  provider and thereby  "dial-around"  the payphone
provider's  long-distance  carrier  (from whom the  payphone  provider  receives
compensation)  in order to reach  another  long-distance  carrier (from whom the
payphone provider would not receive  compensation) ("Dial Around").  In November
1996, the FCC issued an order to increase compensation to payphone providers for
Dial-Around;  however such order was  appealed to the U.S.  Court of Appeals for
the D.C.  Circuit,  which  court  ruled in July 1997  that the  FCC's  basis for
determining Dial- Around  compensation was  inappropriate.  The Court of Appeals
ordered  the FCC to  re-examine  the  Dial-Around  compensation  structure.  The
Company's  customers  will be  impacted  by the  FCC's  final  determination  on
Dial-Around  compensation.  If such  compensation is reduced,  the determination
could have an adverse impact on the Company's sales of pay telephones.

Competition

         The industry in which the Company  operates is  intensely  competitive.
Many of the Company's existing and potential competitors have far more extensive
financial,   engineering,  product  development,   manufacturing  and  marketing
resources than the Company.  The Company's  products and services compete on the
basis of a  number  of  factors,  including,  (i) in the  case of the  equipment
business,  price,  quality,  features and  functions,  reliability,  service and
support and (ii) in the case of the services  business,  amount of  compensation
paid to payphone providers and pricing of long-distance  services.  There can be
no assurance  that  competitors  will not  introduce  products  and/or  services
incorporating technology as advanced or more advanced than the Company's or that
changes  in the  telecommunications  environment  will not  render  competitors'
product  solutions more  attractive to customers  than the Company's  solutions.
Competitive  pressures often  necessitate price reductions which the Company may
not be able to achieve or which could adversely  affect profit margins which, in
turn, could adversely affect operating  results.  There can be no assurance that
the  Company  will  be  able  to  compete  successfully  with  existing  or  new
competitors  or  that  competitive  pressures  faced  by the  Company  will  not
materially  and  adversely  affect  its  business,  results  of  operations,  or
financial condition.

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Potential Dilution; Shares Eligible for Future Sales;
Possible Effect on Additional Equity Financing

         A substantial  number of shares of Common Stock are or will be issuable
by the Company upon the conversion of the Preferred  Stock,  upon  conversion of
debentures  previously  issued by the Company and upon the  exercise of warrants
that the Company has issued,  which could result in dilution of a  shareholder's
percentage  ownership  interest in the Company  and could  adversely  affect the
market price of the Common Stock.  Under the applicable  conversion  formulas of
the  Preferred  Stock,  the  number  of shares of  Common  Stock  issuable  upon
conversion is inversely  proportional to the market price of the Common Stock at
the time of conversion (i.e., the number of shares increases as the market price
of the Common Stock  decreases);  and except with respect to certain  redemption
rights of the Company for the Preferred Stock,  there is no cap on the number of
shares of Common  Stock that may be issued.  In  addition,  the number of shares
issuable upon the  conversion of the  debentures and the exercise of warrants is
subject to adjustment  upon the  occurrence of certain  dilutive  events.  For a
complete  description  of the  rights of  holders of  Preferred  Stock,  see the
Company's  Current  Report on Form 8-K/A  dated  July 21,  1997,  including  the
exhibits thereto.

         On August 15,  1997,  there  were  issued  and  outstanding  a total of
9,339,201  shares  of Common  Stock.  If all the  Preferred  Stock  (assuming  a
conversion  price of $2.1875) and convertible  debentures  which the Company has
issued  were  converted  into  shares  of  Common  Stock  and  if  all  warrants
outstanding  were  exercised,  there would be outstanding  13,943,254  shares of
Common  Stock.  Of these,  the  Company  currently  has  registered  for  resale
1,865,152 shares of Common Stock as contemplated in this Prospectus. The sale or
availability  for sale of a significant  number of shares of Common Stock in the
public market could  adversely  affect the market price of the Common Stock.  In
addition,  certain holders of outstanding  securities of the Company have rights
to approve and/or participate in certain types of future equity financing by the
Company. The availability to the Company of additional equity financing, and the
terms of any such financing, may be adversely affected by the foregoing.

Dividend Policy

         The  Company  has  never  paid  cash  dividends  on its  Common  Stock.
Furthermore, the Company currently intends to retain any future earnings for use
in its  business  and does not  expect to pay any cash  dividends  on its Common
Stock in the foreseeable  future.  The Company's  senior secured loan agreements
prohibit the Company from paying  dividends.  Any future change in the Company's
dividend  policy will depend upon the  earnings  and  financial  position of the
Company, the nature of any restrictions on the payment of dividends contained in
debt  agreements  which the Company  has  entered  into or may enter into in the
future and such other  factors as the Board of Directors of the Company may deem
appropriate.

Preferred Stock; Anti-Takeover Provisions

                  The Company's  authorized but unissued  capital stock includes
1,000,000  shares of  preferred  stock,  par value  $.01 per share  ("Authorized
Preferred  Stock"),  of which 4,000 shares are currently issued and outstanding.
The rights of the holders of shares of Common Stock may be adversely affected by
the preferential rights afforded to the holders of the Preferred Stock

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currently outstanding and any shares of Authorized Preferred Stock that may from
time to time be issued by action of the Board of  Directors.  In  addition,  the
Company's  Certificate  of  Incorporation  and  Bylaws,  as well as the  General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware  ("DGCL"),  contain certain  provisions
that may have the effect of  discouraging an unsolicited  acquisition  proposal.
Furthermore,  upon a change in control of the Company, options granted under the
Company's stock option plans become immediately exercisable.

                                 USE OF PROCEEDS

         The proceeds from the sale of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby
are solely for the account of the Selling Stockholders. Accordingly, the Company
will receive none of the proceeds from the sale thereof.

                              SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

         The  Selling   Stockholders   are  certain   persons  who  provided  or
facilitated equity financing to the Company.  The shares of Common Stock covered
by this Prospectus are being registered to permit secondary  trading and so that
the Selling  Stockholders may offer the shares for resale from time to time. See
"Plan  of  Distribution."  Except  as  described  below,  none  of  the  Selling
Stockholders  has had a material  relationship  with the Company within the past
three  years  other than as a result of the  ownership  of the Common  Stock and
other securities of the Company.

         The following  table sets forth the names of the Selling  Stockholders,
the number of shares of Common Stock owned  beneficially  by each of the Selling
Stockholders  as of  September  2, 1997,  and the number of shares  which may be
offered  for resale  pursuant  to this  Prospectus  regardless  of whether  such
Selling  Stockholder  has  a  present  intent  to  sell.  For  the  purposes  of
calculating  the  number of shares of  Common  Stock  beneficially  owned by the
Selling  Stockholders  holding  Preferred  Stock, the number of shares of Common
Stock  calculated  to be  issuable  in  connection  with the  conversion  of the
Preferred  Stock is based  on a  conversion  price of  $2.1875  per  share.  The
calculation  of the total  number of shares of Common Stock to be offered by the
holders of such Preferred Stock, however, is an estimate based on a hypothetical
conversion  at the price set forth in the  preceding  sentence,  which  price is
below the closing  market  price of the Common  Stock as of  September  2, 1997,
which price is $5.5625.  If the $5.5625 per share price were used instead of the
per share prices  listed  above,  the number of shares of Common Stock  issuable
upon  conversion  of the  Preferred  Stock would  decrease to a total of 898,876
shares. The registration  statement of which this Prospectus is a part includes,
in accordance with Rule 416 of the 1933 Act, an  indeterminate  number of shares
issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock as a result of the floating rate
conversion features thereof.  The use of such hypothetical  conversion prices is
not intended,  and should in no way be construed,  to constitute a prediction as
to the future market price of the Common Stock.

         The information  included below is based upon  information  provided by
the Selling  Stockholders.  Because the Selling Stockholders may offer all, some
or none of their shares of Common Stock,  no definite  estimate as to the number
of shares  thereof  that will be held by the  Selling  Stockholders  after  such
offering  can be  provided  and the  following  table has been  prepared  on the
assumption  that the  conversion  price is $2.1875 and that all shares of Common
Stock offered under this Prospectus will be sold.

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Name(1)                   Shares of Common                                 Shares of
- -------                   Stock Beneficially        Shares of              Common Stock
                          Owned Prior to            Common Stock           Owned After
                          Offering                  Offered Hereby         The Offering
                          --------                  --------------         ------------

<S>                       <C>                        <C>                     <C> 
CC Investments,
 LDC (2)                  731,428                    731,428                 - 0 -

Proprietary
 Convertible
 Investment Group,
 Inc. (2)                 571,429                    571,429                 - 0 -

Canadian Imperial
  Holdings, Inc. (2)      457,143                    457,143                 - 0 -

The Matthew Funds,
  N.V. (2)                 68,571                     68,571                 - 0 -

Swartz Investments,
         LLC (3)           36,580                     36,580                 - 0 -

<FN>
(1) Unless  otherwise  indicated in the footnotes to this table, the persons and
entities  named in the table  have sole  voting and sole  investment  power with
respect to all shares beneficially owned.

(2) Each of the designated Selling  Stockholders holds shares of Preferred Stock
which are convertible into shares of Common Stock. Each share of Preferred Stock
may be converted into a number of shares of Common Stock,  at the option of each
selling  Stockholder,  at a  conversion  price  equal to the lesser of $5.05 per
share  (the  "Fixed  Conversion  Price") or eighty  percent  (80%) of the volume
weighted average fifteen day trading price preceding the date of conversion. The
number of shares of Common  Stock  being  offered  by each  Selling  Stockholder
(except for the shares of Common  Stock  described in footnote 3 below) is based
on shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock at a conversion  price
of $2.1875. As the conversion price is variable, the actual numbers of shares to
be sold by each designated Selling Stockholder may be substantially more or less
than the number of shares indicated in the table. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
each listed Selling  Stockholder can convert into shares of Common Stock only to
the extent that the number of shares issued thereby, combined with the number of
shares of Common Stock held by such Selling  Stockholder,  would not exceed 4.9%
of the then  outstanding  Common Stock,  as  determined in accordance  with Rule
13d-3 of the 1934 Act.  Accordingly,  the  number of shares of Common  Stock set
forth in the table for certain of the Selling Stockholders exceeds the number of
shares of  Common  Stock  that they  could  beneficially  own at any given  time
through their ownership of Preferred Stock. In that regard, beneficial ownership
of those  Selling  Stockholders  set  forth in the  table is not  determined  in
accordance with Rule 13d-3.  Pursuant to a securities  purchase  agreement,  the
Company agreed
</FN>
</TABLE>

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to register the shares of Common Stock at its cost to remove the  restriction on
free  transferability.  The Company has no knowledge as to when or if any of the
Selling  Stockholders  will convert any of their  shares of  Preferred  Stock or
desire to offer  shares of Common Stock upon such  conversion  for sale upon the
open market once  registration is completed.  For a complete  description of the
rights of holders of Preferred  Stock,  see the  Certificate  of  Designation of
Series A Convertible  Preferred Stock of the Company and the related  Securities
Purchase  Agreement (with exhibits) filed as an exhibit to the Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K dated July 21,  1997 as amended by the Form 8-K/A  dated July
21, 1997.

(3) Swartz  Investments,  LLC received  36,580 shares of Common Stock as partial
consideration for arranging the sale of the Preferred Stock.

                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

         The Company is  registering  the shares of Common Stock  offered by the
Selling Stockholders hereunder pursuant to contractual registration rights.

         The shares of Common Stock  offered  hereunder may be sold from time to
time by the Selling Stockholders,  or by pledgees,  donees, transferees or other
successors in interest.  Such sales may be made on the New York Stock  Exchange,
on any exchange or market on which the Common  Stock is listed for  trading,  in
the over-the-counter  market, in privately negotiated  transactions or otherwise
at prices and on terms then  prevailing  or related to the then  current  market
price, or such other prices as the Selling  Stockholders  determine from time to
time.  The  shares  of  Common  Stock  may be  sold  to or  through  one or more
broker-dealers,  acting as agent or principal in underwritten  offerings,  block
trades, agency placements,  exchange  distributions,  brokerage  transactions or
otherwise,  or in any  combination of  transactions.  The shares of Common Stock
hereunder may be used to settle short sales of Common Stock or options held by a
selling Stockholder.

         In  connection  with  any  transaction   involving  the  Common  Stock,
broker-dealers or others may receive from the Selling  Stockholders,  and may in
turn  pay to  other  broker-dealers  or  others,  compensation  in the  form  of
commissions,  discounts or  concessions in amounts to be negotiated at the time.
Broker-dealers  and any other persons  participating  in a  distribution  of the
Common Stock may be deemed to be "underwriters" within the meaning of the Act in
connection  with  such  distribution,  and any such  commissions,  discounts  or
concessions may be deemed to be underwriting  discounts or commissions under the
1933 Act.

         Any and all of the sales or other  transactions  involving  the  Common
Stock described above, whether effected by the Selling Stockholders,  any broker
dealer or others,  may be made  pursuant to this  Prospectus.  In addition,  any
shares of Common Stock that qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the 1933
Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than  pursuant to this  Prospectus.  There
can be no  assurances  that all or any of the  shares  of Common  Stock  offered
hereby will be issued to, or sold by, the Selling Stockholders.

         To comply with the securities  laws of certain  states,  if applicable,
the Common Stock may be sold in such  jurisdictions  only through  registered or
licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, shares of Common Stock may not be sold
unless they have been registered or qualified

                                       13

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for sale or an exemption from  registration  or  qualification  requirements  is
available and is complied with under applicable state securities laws.


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         The Company and the Selling Stockholders have agreed, and hereafter may
further  agree,  to  indemnify  each  other  and  certain   persons,   including
broker-dealers  or others,  against  certain  liabilities in connection with any
offering of the Common Stock, including liabilities arising under the Act.

                                  LEGAL MATTERS

                  Certain  legal  matters will be passed upon for the Company by
Kane, Russell, Coleman & Logan, P.C., Dallas, Texas.

                                     EXPERTS

         The consolidated  financial statements  incorporated in this Prospectus
by  reference  to the Annual  Report on Form 10-K of  Intellicall,  Inc. for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1996,  have been so  incorporated  in reliance on
the  report  of Price  Waterhouse  LLP,  independent  accountants,  given on the
authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.




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                                     PART II

                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 14.  Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

         The following  table sets forth the expenses  (other than  underwriting
discounts  and  commissions)  which,  other than the SEC  registration  fee, are
estimates,  payable by the Company in connection with the sale and  distribution
of the shares of Common Stock registered hereby.

SEC registration fee                                               $   3,144

Blue Sky fees and expenses (including legal fees)                  $   1,500*

Legal fees and expenses                                            $   5,000*

Accounting fees and expenses                                       $   4,000*

Printing expenses                                                  $   1,000*

Miscellaneous                                                      $     856*
                                                                   --------- 

Total                                                              $  15,500
                                                                   =========

- -----------
* Estimated

Item 15.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Delaware General Corporation Law

         Section 145(a) of the General  Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
(the "DGCL")  provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is
a party  or is  threatened  to be made a party  to any  threatened,  pending  or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative  (other than an action by or in the right of the  corporation)  by
reason of the fact that he is or was a director,  officer,  employee or agent of
the  corporation,  or is or was serving at the request of the  corporation  as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,  partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorney's fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by him in  connection  with such action,  suit or proceeding if he acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests  of the  corporation,  and,  with  respect to any  criminal  action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

         Section  145(b) of the DGCL provides  that a corporation  may indemnify
any  person  who was or is a party  or is  threatened  to be made a party to any
threatened,  pending  or  completed  action  or suit by or in the  right  of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason

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of the fact  that he is or was a  director,  officer,  employee  or agent of the
corporation,  or is or was  serving  at the  request  of  the  corporation  as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,  partnership, joint
venture,  trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually  and  reasonably  incurred  by him in  connection  with the  defense or
settlement  of such  action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably  believed  to be in or not  opposed  to  the  best  interests  of the
corporation and except that no  indemnification  shall be made in respect of any
claim,  issue or matter as to which such person  shall have been  adjudged to be
liable  to the  corporation  unless  and only to the  extent  that the  Court of
Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought  shall  determine
upon application that,  despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all
the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably  entitled to
indemnity  for such  expenses  which the Court of  Chancery  or such other court
shall deem proper.

         Section 145(c) of the DGCL provides that to the extent that a director,
officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or
otherwise  in  defense  of  any  action,  suit  or  proceeding  referred  to  in
subsections  (a) and (b) of Section  145,  or in defense of any claim,  issue or
matter therein, he shall be indemnified  against expenses (including  attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.

         Section  145(d) of the DGCL  provides  that any  indemnification  under
subsections  (a) and (b) of Section 145 (unless  ordered by the court)  shall be
made  by the  corporation  only  as  authorized  in  the  specific  case  upon a
determination that indemnification of the director,  officer,  employee or agent
is proper in the  circumstances  because he has met the  applicable  standard of
conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145. Such  determination
shall  be made (1) by the  board of  directors  by a  majority  vote of a quorum
consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding,
or (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable,  or, even if obtainable,  if a quorum
of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written
opinion, or (3) by the stockholders.

         Section 145(e) of the DGCL provides that expenses (including attorneys'
fees)  incurred  by an officer or  director in  defending  any civil,  criminal,
administrative  or investigative  action,  suit or proceeding may be paid by the
corporation  in  advance  of the  final  disposition  of  such  action,  suit or
proceeding  upon receipt of an  undertaking  by or on behalf of such director or
officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not
entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in Section 145. Such
expenses (including  attorneys' fees) incurred by other employees and agents may
be so paid upon such terms and  conditions,  if any,  as the board of  directors
deems appropriate.



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Certificate of Incorporation

         Article Tenth of the Company's  Certificate of  Incorporation  provides
that a director of the Company shall not be personally  liable to the Company or
its  stockholders  for  monetary  damages  for  breach  of  fiduciary  duty as a
director,  except for  liability  (i) for any breach of the  director's  duty of
loyalty to the Company or its  stockholders,  (ii) for acts or omissions  not in
good faith or which involve  intentional  misconduct  or a knowing  violation of
law,  (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL or (iv) for any  transaction  in which
the director derived an improper personal benefit.

         Article Tenth of the Company's  Certificate  of  Incorporation  further
provides  that the Company  shall  indemnify  to the full extent  authorized  or
permitted  by law any person  made,  or  threatened  to be made,  a party to any
action or proceeding  (whether  civil or criminal or otherwise) by reason of the
fact that he, his testator or intestate,  is or was a director or officer of the
Company, or is or was serving any other corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, in any capacity.

Bylaws

         Article I of the  Company's  Bylaws  provides  that the  Company  shall
indemnify to the same extent as provided in its Certificate of Incorporation any
person  made,  or  threatened  to be made,  a party to any action or  proceeding
(whether  civil or  criminal  or  otherwise)  by reason of the fact that he, his
testator or intestate,  is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is or
was serving any other corporation,  partnership,  joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise, in any capacity.

Indemnification Agreements

         The  Company  has  entered   into   Indemnification   Agreements   (the
"Indemnification  Agreements")  pursuant  to which it has  agreed  to  indemnify
certain of its directors and officers against judgments, claims, damages, losses
and expenses  incurred as a result of the fact that any party thereto is, was or
has agreed to become a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or is
or was  serving or has agreed to serve in any  capacity,  at the  request of the
Company, in any other corporation,  partnership, joint venture, employee benefit
plan, trust or other  enterprise,  to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law and in  accordance  with the terms and  conditions  set forth  therein.  The
Indemnification  Agreements also provide for the advancement of certain expenses
to the directors and officers  party  thereto and authorize  such  directors and
officers to commence litigation in a court of competent  jurisdiction to seek an
initial  determination as to whether  indemnification  is proper or to challenge
any  action  of  the  Board  of   Directors   of  the   Company   denying   them
indemnification.  The Indemnification Agreements also provide that, in the event
that the indemnification  provided for thereunder is for any reason unavailable,
the  Company  shall  contribute  to the amount  incurred  by the  directors  and
officers party thereto in such  proportion as is fair and reasonable in light of
all the circumstances.



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Item 16.  Exhibits.

                           Description of
   Exhibit Numbers         Document

         5.1           Opinion of Kane, Russell, Coleman & Logan, P.C.

        23.1           Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP

        24.1           Power of Attorney of certain officers and directors
                       (included in Part II of this Registration Statement on
                        the signature page hereto)

Item 17.  Undertakings.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),  may be permitted to  directors,  officers,
and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to provisions  described in Item
15, or  otherwise,  the  Company  has been  advised  that in the  opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the Act and is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event that a
claim for  indemnification  against such liabilities  (other than the payment by
the Company of expenses  incurred or paid by a director,  officer or controlling
person  of the  Company  in  the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit  or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel  the matter has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,
submit  to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether  such
indemnification  by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

         The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:

                  (1) To file,  during any  period in which  offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                           (i)      To include any prospectus required by 
Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;

                           (ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or 
events arising after the effective date of the registration  statement 
(or the most recent post-effective amendment  thereof)  which,  individually  
or  in  the  aggregate,  represent  a fundamental  change in the information set
forth in the registration  statement; and

                           (iii)   To include any material information with 
respect to the plan of distribution  not  previously  disclosed  in the  
registration  statement or any material change to such information in the 
registration statement.

       Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply
if the  information  required to be included in a post  effective  amendment  by
these paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Company

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pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934
(the "Exchange  Act") that are  incorporated  by reference in this  Registration
Statement.

                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining  any liability  under
the Act, each post-effective  amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall
be deemed to be a new registration  statement relating to the securities offered
therein,  and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from  registration by means of a  post-effective
amendment  any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

                  (4) That, for purposes of determining  any liability under the
Act,  each filing of the Company's  annual  report  pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange  Act (and,  where  applicable,  each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that
is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
the new registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein,  and
the offering of such  securities  at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.

         The  undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes  that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to section  13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  (and,  where  applicable,  each  filing of an
employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report  pursuant  to  section  15(d)  of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934)  that is  incorporated  by  reference  in the
registration  statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration
statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas on August 29, 1997.

                                       INTELLICALL, INC.


                                       By: /s/ William O. Hunt
                                       -----------------------
                                       William O. Hunt, Chairman of the Board
                                       and Chief Executive Officer



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,  this  registration
statement has been signed by the following  persons in the capacities and on the
dates  indicated.  Each person whose  signature to this  Registration  Statement
appears below has appointed each of William O. Hunt and John M. Carradine as his
attorney-in-fact  to sign on his behalf  individually and in the capacity stated
below and to file all amendments and post effective  amendments,  supplements to
this Registration  Statement,  and any and all instruments or documents filed as
part of or in connection  with this  Registration  Statement or any amendment or
supplement  thereto,  and any such  attorney-in-fact  may make such  changes and
additions  to this  Registration  Statement  as such  attorney-in-fact  may deem
necessary or appropriate.



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NAME                                TITLE                           DATE


/s/ William O. Hunt        Chairman of the Board; Chief         August 29, 1997
- --------------------
William O. Hunt            Executive Officer and Director



/s/ John M. Carradine      Vice President; Principal            August 29, 1997
- ---------------------
John M. Carradine          Financial and Accounting Officer



- ---------------------      Director                             August __, 1997
B. Michael Adler



/s/ Thomas J. Berthel      Director                             August 29, 1997
- ----------------------
Thomas J. Berthel



/s/ Lewis S. Brazelton, III Director                            August 29, 1997
- ---------------------------
Lewis E. Brazelton, III



/s/ Arthur Chavoya         Director                             August 29, 1997
- ---------------------
Arthur Chavoya



/s/ Richard B. Curran      Director                             August 29, 1997
- ------------------------
Richard B. Curran





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                                   EXHIBIT 5.1

                                September 4, 1997


Intellicall, Inc.
2155 Chenault, Suite 410
Carrollton, Texas  75006-5023

         RE:      Registration Statement on Form S-3

Dear Sirs:

         We have acted as counsel to Intellicall,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation
(the  "Company"),  in  connection  with  the  preparation  and  filing  with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  under  the  Securities  Act of  1933 of a
Registration  Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration  Statement")  relating to
the  registration  of 1,865,152  shares (the  "Shares") of the Company's  Common
Stock, par value of $.01 per share.

         In  so  acting,  we  have  examined  originals,   or  copies  otherwise
identified  to  our  satisfaction,   of  such  corporate   records,   documents,
certificates  and  other  instruments  as  in  our  judgment  are  necessary  or
appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed below.

         We are of the following opinion:

         1.       The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

         2.  The  Shares  have  been  duly  authorized  and,  when  issued  upon
conversion of the Company's Preferred Stock, will be validly issued,  fully paid
and non-assessable.

         We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement  and to  the  use  of  our  name  under  the  "Legal  Matters"  in the
Registration Statement.

                                 Very truly yours,

                                 KANE, RUSSELL, COLEMAN & LOGAN, P.C.

                               
                                 /s/ Patrick V. Stark
                                 --------------------
                                 Patrick V. Stark, Vice-President




                                  EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We  hereby  consent  to  the   incorporation  by  reference  in  the  Prospectus
constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated
February 26, 1997 appearing on page F-2 of  Intellicall  Inc.'s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996. We also consent to the reference
to us under the heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.

PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP


Dallas, Texas
September 4, 1997






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