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Sorry, Wrong Number

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Empire

Original title

Sorry, Wrong Number

Year

1948

Running time

85 min.

Country

United States

Director

Anatole Litvak

Screenwriter

Lucille Fletcher

Cast

Music

Franz Waxman

Cinematography

Sol Polito (B&W)

Producer

Paramount Pictures, Hal B. Wallis

Genre

Film noir. Thriller. Mystery | Psychological Thriller

Synopsis

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 between two men planning a murder. She becomes increasingly desperate as she tries to work out who the victim is so the crime can be prevented.

Rankings Position

#112 Best Film Noir Movies

Awards: 1948: Nominated for Oscar: Best Actress (Barbara Stanwyck)

1948: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Drama Screenplay

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Critics' reviews

"[A] taut thriller."

Marjorie Baumgarten: Austin Chronicle
"To make a movie of Lucille Fletcher's classic radio play was really to betray its best idea: that sound, not sight, is the truly paranoid sense."

Dave Kehr: Chicago Reader
"'Sorry, Wrong Number' is a real chiller. Film is a fancily dressed co-production by Hal B. Wallis and Anatole Litvak. Pair has smoothly coordinated efforts to give strong backing to the Lucille Fletcher script"

Variety Staff: Variety
"Perhaps if you have a special interest in foul folks and morbidities, you will thrill to this Hal Wallis picture. Frankly, we squirmed -- and not from dread."

Bosley Crowther: The New York Times
"Stanwyck and Lancaster turning in solid work that is, for the most part, far better and more engrossing than the material generally deserves"

David Nusair: Reel Film

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