Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
"In this classic noir, Barbara Stanwyck stars as the alluring, wealthy, and irritating Leona Stevenson, a hypochondriac whose psychosomatic illness has her bedridden. L...
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
"In this classic noir, Barbara Stanwyck stars as the alluring, wealthy, and irritating Leona Stevenson, a hypochondriac whose psychosomatic illness has her bedridden. Leona's only lifeline is the telephone, which she uses to excess. One evening, Leona impatiently tries to locate her henpecked husband Henry (Burt Lancaster), who is late in coming home. However, when phone lines cross, she overhears two thugs plotting a murder. Desperate to thwart the crime, Leona begins a series of calls--to the operator, to the police, and others--and eventually deduces the shocking identity of the victim. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Leona, Henry is having problems of his own--he's become involved in a swindle and is being blackmailed. Featuring stunning use of sound and lighting, SORRY, WRONG NUMBER follows Leona, trapped in her lush apartment, as she tries to prevent an innocent from being murdered." -rottentomatoes.com
Director: Anatole Litvak Screenwriter: Lucille Fletcher Composer: Franz Waxman
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey, Harold Vermilyea, Ed Begley, Leif Erickson, William Conrad, John Bromfield, Jimmy Hunt, Dorothy Neumann
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Barbara Stanwyck was absolutely wonderful and so was Jane Wyman . It would have been hard to select the award winner between Sorry, Wrong Number and Johnny Belinda. They were both excellent and could play drama or comedy. The actors from the Golden Era were well educated in all aspects of performing and could play just about any role. These two ladies of the films were great examples. I loved them both,
Says more with lighting and camera angles than most films have in their dialog. Stanwyck is brilliant, but I think Lancaster deserves credit too. His abrupt change of tune, upon seeing the detective at 3:28 was a perfect portrayal of a shifty sociopath in action. I've loved this since I saw it on TV in the late '60s; it's the perfect mix of creepiness, suspense, and enough sprinklings of comic relief to give you a little jolt each time the grimness of the main story line returns.
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