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Plot. Leona Stevenson is a spoiled, bedridden daughter of wealthy businessman James Cotterell. Using her phone, she tries to reach her husband, Henry. The servants are absent and she is alone in the apartment. She overhears two men planning a murder on a crossed telephone connection.
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Sorry, Wrong Number, American film noir, released in 1948, that was based on Lucille Fletcher’s hit 1943 radio play of the same name.
Barbara Stanwyck played Leona Stevenson, a spoiled, wealthy invalid and hypochondriac who is confined to her bed. While trying to reach her husband (played by Burt Lancaster) on the telephone, she overhears a conversation of two men planning a murder. Her desperate attempts to identify the potential victim in time to prevent the crime lead to a complex story told in flashback involving her henpecked “boy-toy” husband and his business dealings with organized crime figures. The suspense and frustration build to a frenzied climax as Leona discovers that she herself is the intended target of the murder and that her husband is the mastermind of the plot.
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•Studio: Paramount Pictures
•Director: Anatole Litvak
•Producers: Anatole Litvak and Hal B. Wallis
•Writer: Lucille Fletcher
•Music: Franz Waxman
•Running time: 89 minutes
•Barbara Stanwyck (Leona Stevenson)
•Burt Lancaster (Henry Stevenson)
•Ann Richards (Sally Lord)
•Wendell Corey (Dr. Alexander)
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Sep 5, 2023 · Complete summary of Lucille Fletcher's Sorry, Wrong Number. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Sorry, Wrong Number.
Plot Summary Lucille Fletcher’s Sorry, Wrong Number is a one-act play and radio drama concerning Mrs. Stevenson, a housewife who experiences extreme anxiety and must remain in bed. Mrs. Stevenson never leaves the house, and the only people she sees are her husband, Elbert, and her maid, Eloise.
By Lucille Fletcher. As Lucille once explained in an interview, Sorry, Wrong Number was partially inspired by an incident from someone else's life. While Herrmann was sick at home, Lucille went down to the corner drug store for medicine. Innocently striking up a conversation with her pharmacist, a longtime friend, she raised the ire of an ...
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Nov 21, 2023 · Sorry, Wrong Number by Lucille Fletcher is the story of Mrs. Stevenson, a woman who, thanks to an issue from the operator, accidentally overhears a murder being plotted over the phone ...
When neurotic bedridden wife Leona Stevenson overhears a murder plot on her telephone, she tries to piece the puzzle together and prevent the murder. Based on Lucille Fletcher's famous radio play.
