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Sorry, Wrong Number
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Sorry, Wrong Number is a 1948 American crime film noir drama written by Lucille Fletcher and directed by Anatole Litvak. Produced by Hal B. Wallis through Hal Wallis Productions and Paramount Pictures, the film features Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Wendell Corey, and Ed Begley. Sol Polito served as director of photography, with Franz Waxman composing the score and Hans Dreier handling production design. Warren Low edited the film, which is presented in black-and-white English.
The narrative is set in New York City and explores themes involving husband-wife relationships, telephones, family business, and flashbacks. The film was released on September 24, 1948, with a runtime of 89 minutes. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and holds a review score of 86 percent. Distribution includes Paramount Pictures and Netflix, with availability on Amazon Prime Video.
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6.8Leona 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.
Cast
- Barbara Stanwyck as Leona Cotterell Stevenson
- Burt Lancaster as Henry Stevenson
- Ann Richards as Sally Hunt Lord
- Wendell Corey as Dr. Philip Alexander
- Harold Vermilyea as Waldo Evans
- Ed Begley as James 'J.B.' Cotterell
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- telephone
- family business
- flashback
- film noir
- female protagonist
- fear
- chemist
- heiress
- invalid
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
12,863 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
- Year
- 1948
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Anatole Litvak
- Screenwriter
- Lucille Fletcher
- Cast member
- Tito Vuolo
- Composer
- Franz Waxman
- Producer
- Hal B. Wallis
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Sol Polito
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 88
- FilmAffinity ID
- 859846
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- SorryWrongNumber2.jpg
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- publication date
- 1948-01-01
- film editor
- Warren Low
- title
- Sorry, Wrong Number
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- production designer
- Hans Dreier
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- review score
- 86%
- Commons category
- Sorry, Wrong Number
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