

Sorry, Wrong Number
1948-09-24 · 89 min · ★ 6.8
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.
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- Directors
- Anatole Litvak
- Production companies
- Hal Wallis Productions, Paramount Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Barbara StanwyckLeona Cotterell Stevenson
Burt LancasterHenry Stevenson
Ann RichardsSally Hunt Lord
Wendell CoreyDr. Philip Alexander
Harold VermilyeaWaldo Evans
Ed BegleyJames 'J.B.' Cotterell
Leif EricksonFred Lord
William ConradMorano
John BromfieldJoe (Detective)
Jimmy HuntPeter Lord
Dorothy NeumannElizabeth Jennings
Paul FierroHarpootlian
Joyce ComptonCotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
Yola d'AvrilLeona's Maid (uncredited)
Holmes HerbertWilkins (uncredited)
Kristine MillerDr. Alexander's Girlfriend Dolly (uncredited)
William H. O'BrienWaiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland
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