Sorry, Wrong Number
Tangled Wires... Whispering of Murder! Tangled Lives... Fighting to Escape!
6.8(213) 1948-09-24 89 minThrillerMystery
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.
DirectorAnatole Litvak
ScreenplayLucille Fletcher
Original Music ComposerFranz Waxman
ProducerAnatole Litvak
ProducerHal B. Wallis
Cast & characters
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
Leif Erickson
as Fred Lord
William Conrad
as Morano
John Bromfield
as Joe (Detective)
Jimmy Hunt
as Peter Lord
Dorothy Neumann
as Elizabeth Jennings
Paul Fierro
as Harpootlian
Joyce Compton
as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
Yola d'Avril
as Leona's Maid (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
as Wilkins (uncredited)
Kristine Miller
as Dr. Alexander's Girlfriend Dolly (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland
as —
Dorothy Vernon
as —
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Mary Field
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
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Alexander Pollard
as Waiter (uncredited)
