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Sorry, Wrong Number is a 1948 American thriller and film noir directed by Anatole Litvak, from a screenplay by Lucille Fletcher, based on her 1943 radio play of the same name. The film stars Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster .
In New York, Leona Stevenson, the invalid wife of Henry J. Stevenson, the VP of a pharmaceutical industry, becomes aware of a murder that would be committed late that night through a "cross-wire", when she overhears two men planning the murder.
Sorry, Wrong Number: Directed by Anatole Litvak. With Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey. When neurotic bedridden wife Leona Stevenson overhears a murder plot on her telephone, she tries to piece the puzzle together and prevent the murder.
- Anatole Litvak
- 3 min
Jul 22, 2020 · Sorry, Wrong Number is a 1948 American thriller FILM NOlR directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Wendell Corey, Ed Begley and William Conrad. It tells the story of a woman who overhears a murder plot.
- 89 min
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Unable to leave her home or reach her husband (Burt Lancaster), and written off by the police, Leona struggles to uncover the truth through a series of phone calls that only lead her deeper into a...
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- Barbara Stanwyck
- Anatole Litvak
- Paramount Pictures
A woman overhears a murder plot on the phone and tries to stop it, but she is alone and helpless in her bed. Read the full summary of Lucille Fletcher's 1943 drama, which was adapted for radio and film.
One night, whilst waiting for he husband to return home, she picks up the phone and accidentally overhears a conversation between two men planning a murder. She becomes increasingly desperate as ...
