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Sorry, Wrong Number

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Sorry, Wrong Number
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1hr 29min
Genre:
Action
Release:
1948
Director:
Anatole Litvak
Distributor:
Paramount
Starring:
Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards  ...more
Synopsis: When Lucille Fletcher took on the challenge of expanding her classic 30-minute radio suspenser Sorry, Wrong Number into an 89-minute feature film, she opted on the Citizen Kane approach, filling the plotline to the brim with revelatory flashbacks. Barbara Stanwyck stars as bedridden hypochondriac Leona Stevenson, who while trying to make a call from her bedroom telephone gets her wires crossed and inadvertently overhears two men plotting a murder. Anxiously, Leona wades through telephone-company ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review
Adapted by Lucille Fletcher from her popular radio play, Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) gave film noir leading lady Barbara Stanwyck one of her greatest roles, as a tough-as-nails invalid heiress who inadvertently overhears a murder plot through a botched phone connection. Wielding said phone like a weapon, Stanwyck's Leona Stevenson alternates among demanding, hysterical, and tremulous moods as she slowly ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Barbara Stanwyck
Leona Stevenson
Burt Lancaster
Henry Stevenson
Ann Richards
Sally Lord Dodge
Wendell Corey
Dr. Alexander
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