Movie
Sorry, Wrong Number
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1948-09-24
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Hal Wallis Productions, Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Barbara Stanwyck as Leona Cotterell Stevenson
- Burt Lancaster as Henry Stevenson
- Ann Richards as Sally Hunt Lord
- Wendell Corey as Dr. Philip Alexander
- Harold Vermilyea as Waldo Evans
- Ed Begley as James 'J.B.' Cotterell
- Leif Erickson as Fred Lord
- William Conrad as Morano
- John Bromfield as Joe (Detective)
- Jimmy Hunt as Peter Lord
- Dorothy Neumann as Elizabeth Jennings
- Paul Fierro as Harpootlian
Crew
- Anatole Litvak - Director
- Lucille Fletcher - Screenplay
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