Sorry, Wrong Number [Blu-ray]

Overview

Adapted from a radio play, this thriller is about a rich invalid who overhears two men plotting a murder through a crossed telephone line. During the course of the conversation, she discovers that one of the voices belongs to her husband. Soon, she realizes that she is the planned victim.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/21/2023
UPC:	0826663235302
Original Release:	1948
Rating:	NR
Source:	Shout Factory
Language:	English
Time:	1:29:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Barbara Stanwyck	Leona Stevenson
Burt Lancaster	Henry Stevenson
Ann Richards	Actor
Wendell Corey	Dr. Alexander
Harold Vermilyea	Actor
Ed Begley	James Cotterell
Leif Erickson	Actor
William Conrad	Morano
John Bromfield	Actor
Jimmy Hunt	Actor
Dorothy Neumann	Actor
Paul Fierro	Actor
Kristine Miller	Actor
Suzanne Dalbert	Actor
Joyce Compton	Actor
Tito Vuolo	Actor
Ashley Cowan	Actor
Garry Owen	Bingo Caller
Cliff Clark	Actor
Igor Dega	Actor
Grace Poggi	Actor
Pepito Pérez	Boat Operator
Bill Cartledge	Page Boy
Yola D'Avril	French Maid
Neal Dodd	Minister
Jimmie Dundee	Morano's Henchman
Jesse Graves	Page at Bingo Hall
Holmes Herbert	Wilkins
Louise Lorimer	Nurse
Franz Waxman	Composer

Technical Credits

Lucille Fletcher

Anatole Litvak	Director,Producer
Gordon Jennings	Special Effects
Hal B. Wallis	Producer
Lucille Fletcher	Screenwriter
Farciot Edouart	Special Effects
Walter Oberst	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Adapted by Lucille Fletcher from her popular radio play, Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) gave film noir leading lady Barbara Stanwyck one of her greatest roles, as a tough-as-nails invalid heiress who inadvertently overhears a murder plot through a botched phone connection. Wielding said phone like a weapon, Stanwyck's Leona Stevenson alternates among demanding, hysterical, and tremulous moods as she slowly discovers the truth while sitting alone in her palatial Manhattan apartment. Expanded from the original play, Leona's phone conversations lead to flashbacks, and flashbacks within flashbacks, revealing weak husband Burt Lancaster's downfall and the shifting allegiances and tangled plot that implicate Leona in her own fate. Director Anatole Litvak tightly maintains suspense throughout the fractured time structure, leading up to the ironically chilling ending. Praised for her best performance since Double Indemnity (1944), Stanwyck received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, while Paramount's then-unheard of use of TV ads helped turn the Oscar season reissue of Sorry, Wrong Number into a box office hit.