Sorry, Wrong Number

Year:

1948

Duration:

89 min

Genres:

Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller

IMDB rate:

7.5

Director:

Anatole Litvak

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1948-09-01

Filming Locations: Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Barbara Stanwyck

Sorry, Wrong Number

Burt Lancaster

Henry J. Stevenson

Ann Richards

Sally Hunt Lord

Wendell Corey

Dr. Philip Alexander

Harold Vermilyea

Waldo Evans

Ed Begley

James 'J.B.' Cotterell

Leif Erickson

Fred Lord

William Conrad

Morano

John Bromfield

Joe - Detective

Jimmy Hunt

Peter Lord

Dorothy Neumann

Elizabeth Jennings

Paul Fierro

Harpootlian

Bill Cartledge

Page Boy (uncredited)

Cliff Clark

Police Sergeant Duffy (uncredited)

Joyce Compton

Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)

Ashley Cowan

Clam Digger (uncredited)

Yola d'Avril

French Maid (uncredited)

Suzanne Dalbert

Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Igor Dega

Dance Team Member (uncredited)

Neal Dodd

Minister (uncredited)

Jimmie Dundee

Morano's Henchman (uncredited)

Mary Field

Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Jesse Graves

Bingo Hall Page (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert

Wilkins (uncredited)

Louise Lorimer

Nurse (uncredited)

Kristine Miller

Dolly: Doctor Alexander's Girlfriend (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)

Garry Owen

Bingo Caller (uncredited)

Grace Poggi

Dance Team Member (uncredited)

Alexander Pollard

Waiter (uncredited)

Albert Pollet

Maurice - Waiter (uncredited)

Pepito Pérez

Boat Operator (uncredited)

George Stern

Drug Store Proprietor (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland

Dance Team Member (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan

Policeman at New Rochelle Train Station (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

Woman in Subway (uncredited)

Tito Vuolo

Albert, the Waiter (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Director Litvak shot all of Stanwyck's bedridden scenes back-to-back in fourteen days.

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Film noir adaptation of the famous "Suspense" radio play (first broadcast on May 25th 1943) which starred Agnes Moorehead in the lead role. It proved so popular that the series restaged it seven times through to 1960, each production starring Moorehead.

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Agnes Moorehead, who created the role of Mrs. Stevenson on the radio, was offered a small role in the film. Insulted, she turned it down.

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Goofs

Whenever camera pans out Leona's window to cityscape with moving cars, city lights, etc., smoke emitting from smokestacks never moves.

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Shortly before the end of the movie the bedside telephone is shown in closeups and the paint is chipped in several places. However, at the end of the film, the telephone is pristine.

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After Leona calls the police, she reaches to her bed table for medicine and water. The table extending over her bed immediately at her right hand, and the phone is on the bed at her left. In the next shot, the phone has moved, and the bed table is far away from her, under the window to her left.

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Quotes

Henry Stevenson: You can't live on dreams forever. Waiting only weakens you and your dream. My motto is: "If you want something, get it now!"

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Henry Stevenson: Besides, what does a dame like you want with a guy like me?

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Henry Stevenson: [to Leona] I want you to do something. I want you to get yourself out of the bed, and get over to the window and scream as loud as you can. Otherwise you only have another three minutes to live.

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Faq

Q

Why is Leona confined to her bed?

A

Leona thinks that she's having heart attacks brought on by stressful situations, a condition from which she has suffered since childhood. However, Dr Anderson (Wendell Corey) diagnoses her as a 'cardiac neurotic' and believes that her heart attacks are psychosomatic. In today's terminology, cardiac neurosis might be referred to as 'panic attacks', which actually can show symptoms similar to a heart attack, e.g., heart palpitations, sweating, chest pain, weakness, shortness of breath, and tachycardia (rapid heart beat).

Q

How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?

A

For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Sorry, Wrong Number can be found here.

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A Note Regarding Spoilers

A

The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

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