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Rating: 7.5 stars

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Hulu TCM noir alley New York telephone murder plot husband and wife bedroom invalid

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Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

Directed by Anatole Litvak

Crime | Suspense | Thriller

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.

Length 89 minutes

Actors

Barbara Stanwyck | Burt Lancaster | Ann Richards | Wendell Corey | Harold Vermilyea | Ed Begley | Leif Erickson | William Conrad | John Bromfield | Jimmy Hunt | Dorothy Neumann | Paul Fierro | Joyce Compton | Yola d'Avril | Holmes Herbert | Kristine Miller | William H. O'Brien | Amzie Strickland | Dorothy Vernon | Mary Field | Alexander Pollard

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Expanded from a 20-minute radio play, the plot gets very complicated (maybe overly so) with flashbacks, and flashbacks within flashbacks. However, it’s still a really good suspense thriller.

Barbara Stanwyck is excellent as the bedridden, spoiled wife. It’s fun watching her paranoia and hysteria get cranked up to a fever pitch by the end. The noir cinematography is also fantastic.

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