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.
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Grave, earnest, intimate and resolved.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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- SWITCH.on TMDB · May 20207/10
'Sorry, Wrong Number' isn't a film that leaves a strong lasting impression, but its narrative and visual inventiveness and a thoroughly engaging plot make it an enjoyable journey into 40s film noir. If anything, you leave it with a great appreciation for Lucille Fletcher's devilishly simple premise, one that certainly isn't dulled by the transition from radio to cinema. - Daniel Lammin Read Daniel's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-sorry-wrong-number-an-inventive-slice-of-1940s-film-noir
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Cast
- Barbara StanwyckLeona Cotterell Stevenson
- Burt LancasterHenry Stevenson
- Ann RichardsSally Hunt Lord
- Wendell CoreyDr. Philip Alexander
- Harold VermilyeaWaldo Evans
- Ed BegleyJames 'J.B.' Cotterell
- Leif EricksonFred Lord
- William ConradMorano
- John BromfieldJoe (Detective)
- Jimmy HuntPeter Lord
Crew
- Anatole LitvakDirector
- Lucille FletcherScreenplay
- Sol PolitoDirector of Photography
- Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
- Hal B. WallisProducer
- Anatole LitvakProducer
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D.O.A. 194979% alikeBoth grave, earnest, resolved.
The Last Voyage of the Demeter 202379% alikeBoth grave, earnest, intimate.
The Set-Up 194978% alikeBoth grave, earnest, intimate.
You Only Live Once 193772% alikeBoth grave, earnest.
The Black Phone 202271% alikeBoth grave, earnest, resolved.
The Curse of Frankenstein 195771% alikeBoth grave, earnest, resolved.
The Narrow Margin 195271% alikeBoth grave, intimate, earnest.
Erased 201767% alikeTelevision · Both grave, earnest, resolved; this one is more contemporary.
A Way Out 201866% alikeGame · Both grave, earnest.
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