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Sorry, Wrong Number is a 1948 American thriller and film noir directed by Anatole Litvak, [2] from a screenplay by Lucille Fletcher, based on her 1943 radio play of the same name. The film stars Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster .
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.
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.
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.
Leona is paralyzed by fear, however, and hangs up the phone just before she is murdered. Henry, who is about to be arrested, calls Leona back. The murderer picks up the phone, and when Henry asks for his wife, responds, "Sorry, wrong number." (1948), starring Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster.
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Due to a telephone glitch, Leona Stevenson (Barbara Stanwyck), a controlling heiress confined to a wheelchair, overhears a conversation about a plan to kill a woman.
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Leona Stevenson is sick and confined to her bed. One night, whilst waiting for he husband to return home, she picks up the phone and accidentally overhears a conversation between two men planning...
Mar 13, 2023 · Sorry, Wrong Number is a classic, extraordinary example of cumulative suspense and sheer terror. Barbara Stanwyck received an Oscar® nomination* for her magnificent performance. *1948: Best...
Overview. 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. Anatole Litvak. Lucille Fletcher.
