
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
6.7|24 Sept, 1948|89 min
Tangled Wires... Whispering of Murder! Tangled Lives... Fighting to Escape!
6.7|24 Sept, 1948|89 min
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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.
Keywords
husband wife relationship
telephone
family business
flashback
film noir
female protagonist
fear
chemist
heiress
invalid
criminal investigation
home alone
phone call
pharmaceuticals company
Casts

Barbara Stanwyck
Leona Cotterell Stevenson

Burt Lancaster
Henry Stevenson

Ann Richards
Sally Hunt Lord

Wendell Corey
Dr. Philip Alexander

Harold Vermilyea
Waldo Evans

Ed Begley
James 'J.B.' Cotterell

Leif Erickson
Fred Lord

William Conrad
Morano

John Bromfield
Joe (Detective)

Jimmy Hunt
Peter Lord

Dorothy Neumann
Elizabeth Jennings

Paul Fierro
Harpootlian

Joyce Compton
Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)

Yola d'Avril
Leona's Maid (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert
Wilkins (uncredited)

Kristine Miller
Dr. Alexander's Girlfriend Dolly (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien
Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland

Dorothy Vernon

Mary Field
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Alexander Pollard
Waiter (uncredited)
Crews

Anatole Litvak
Director
Lucille Fletcher
Screenplay
Lucille Fletcher
Radio Play
Bertram C. Granger
Set Decoration

Hal B. Wallis
Producer
Hans Dreier
Art Direction

Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer

Edith Head
Costume Design

Anatole Litvak
Producer

Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Richard McWhorter
Assistant Director
A. Earl Hedrick
Art Direction
Sol Polito
Director of Photography
Fred True
Grip
Gene Merritt
Sound Recordist

Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Walter Oberst
Sound Recordist
Gordon Jennings
Special Effects
Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects
Warren Low
Supervising Editor
Backdrops & Posters






