Sorry, Wrong Number

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Sorry, Wrong Number

1948,

1h 29m,

Mystery & Thriller

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84%

19 Reviews

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2,500+ Ratings

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Due to a telephone glitch, Leona Stevenson (Barbara Stanwyck), a controlling heiress confined to a wheelchair, overhears a conversation about a plan to kill a woman. Unable to leave her home or reach her husband (Burt Lancaster), and written off by the police, Leona struggles to uncover the truth through a series of phone calls that only lead her deeper into a mystery, which may involve her college rival, Sally (Ann Richards), and a scheme to sell pharmaceuticals on the black market.

Bob Thomas

Associated Press

Jun 20, 2019

A shocker that grips the emotions from the first foot of film.

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Ed Park

Village Voice

Jan 2, 2008

Number derives sleek hysteria from its audaciously constraining narrative strategy.

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Jan 2, 2008

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.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Nov 4, 2021

2.5/4

...periodically compelling yet mostly underwhelming...

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Oct 10, 2008

Stanwyck was too strong to play this simpering role.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Nov 4, 2007

B+

Anatole Litvak's taut, gripping, highly stylized noir, based a 22 minute radio play with Agnes Moorehead, is one of the genre's very best, with a bed-ridden Stanwyck in a tour de force performance--a case study for lover of film noir.

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Ron R

Mar 27, 2019

Barbara Stanwyck makes you feel for a very detestable character, and keeps you invested as she begins to unravel this sinister mystery.

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Rey S

Feb 2, 2018

Slightly dated of course, but if you buy into the premise, a great film. Well written.

Hermione R

Jan 23, 2018

Sorry, Wrong Number is an excellent film. It is about an invalid woman overhears what she thinks is a murder plot on the phone and attempts to prevent it. Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster give amazing performances. The screenplay is well written. Anatole Litvak did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this motion picture because of the drama and mystery. Sorry, Wrong Number is a must see.

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Abraham L

Aug 22, 2017

Good film with a GREAT performance by Barbara Stanwyck. She should have won the Oscar for this one. Also one of the biggest surprise endings of any film I have ever seen.

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Abraham S

Aug 11, 2010

Barbara Stanwyck is great and the ending is dramatic, but all the characters are unlikeable.

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Anatole Litvak

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Barbara Stanwyck

Leona Stevenson

Burt Lancaster

Henry J. Stevenson

Ann Richards

Sally Lord

Wendell Corey

Doctor Alexander

Ed Begley

James B. Cotterell

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Synopsis

Due to a telephone glitch, Leona Stevenson (Barbara Stanwyck), a controlling heiress confined to a wheelchair, overhears a conversation about a plan to kill a woman. Unable to leave her home or reach her husband (Burt Lancaster), and written off by the police, Leona struggles to uncover the truth through a series of phone calls that only lead her deeper into a mystery, which may involve her college rival, Sally (Ann Richards), and a scheme to sell pharmaceuticals on the black market.

Director: Anatole Litvak
Producer: Anatole Litvak, Hal B. Wallis
Screenwriter: Lucille Fletcher
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 1, 1948, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 13, 2017
Runtime: 1h 29m

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