husband wife relationship,telephone,family business ,flashback,film noir,female protagonist,fear,chemist,heiress,invalid,criminal investigation,home alone,phone call,pharmaceuticals company

Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

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Tangled Wires... Whispering of Murder! Tangled Lives... Fighting to Escape!

Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.

Cast & Crew

Director
Anatole Litvak
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    Leona Cotterell Stevenson Barbara Stanwyck
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    Henry Stevenson Burt Lancaster
  • Profile picture of Ann Richards
    Sally Hunt Lord Ann Richards
  • Profile picture of Wendell Corey
    Dr. Philip Alexander Wendell Corey
  • Profile picture of Harold Vermilyea
    Waldo Evans Harold Vermilyea
  • Profile picture of Ed Begley
    James 'J.B.' Cotterell Ed Begley
  • Profile picture of Leif Erickson
    Fred Lord Leif Erickson
  • Profile picture of William Conrad
    Morano William Conrad

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Keywords

  • husband wife relationship
  • telephone
  • family business
  • flashback
  • film noir
  • female protagonist
  • fear
  • chemist
  • heiress
  • invalid
  • criminal investigation
  • home alone
  • phone call
  • pharmaceuticals company