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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 .
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.
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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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.
If you are into nail biting suspense in your movies look no further than SORRY,WRONG NUMBER. An excellently structured climactic noir thriller made by Paramount Pictures in 1948. Produced by Hal Wallis and director Anotole Litvak it bears all the hallmarks of what was best in Hollywood's Golden Age when it came to producing great thrillers.
Sep 5, 2023 · Complete summary of Lucille Fletcher's Sorry, Wrong Number. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Sorry, Wrong Number.
Sorry, Wrong Number. 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...
