Sorry, Wrong Number
“Tangled Wires... Whispering of Murder! Tangled Lives... Fighting to Escape!”
1948•NR•1h 29m•6.8•Released
ThrillerMystery
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.
Director
Anatole Litvak
Writer
Lucille Fletcher
Languages
English
Studio
Hal Wallis Productions
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck
Leona Cotterell Stevenson
Burt Lancaster
Henry Stevenson
Ann Richards
Sally Hunt Lord
Wendell Corey
Dr. Philip Alexander
Harold Vermilyea
Waldo Evans
Ed Begley
James 'J.B.' Cotterell
Leif Erickson
Fred Lord
William Conrad
Morano
John Bromfield
Joe (Detective)
Jimmy Hunt
Peter Lord
Dorothy Neumann
Elizabeth Jennings
Paul Fierro
Harpootlian
Joyce Compton
Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
Yola d'Avril
Leona's Maid (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
Wilkins (uncredited)
Production
Company
Hal Wallis Productions
Company
Paramount Pictures
Producer
Anatole Litvak
Producer
Hal B. Wallis
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