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Sorry, Wrong Number(Movie, 1948)

1h 29min | Genres: Drama, Thriller
Sorry, Wrong NumberRating: 3.4/5 (with 6969 votes)
Sorry, Wrong Number is a 1948 American thriller and film noir directed by Anatole Litvak, from a screenplay by Lucille Fletcher, based on her 1943 radio play of the same name. The film stars Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster. It follows a bedridden woman who overhears the plot of murder while on the telephone. She attempts to help her husband solve the mystery and prevent the crime. Stanwyck was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. It is one of the few pre-1950 Paramount Pictures films which remained in the studios library (the rest are currently owned by NBCUniversal). ()
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Awards & Nominations for Sorry, Wrong Number

Academy Award for Best Actress

About Sorry, Wrong Number

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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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 14 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 09/24/1948
Director: Anatole Litvak
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Screenwriter: Lucille Fletcher
Film Editor: Warren Low
Director of Photography: Sol Polito
Composer: Franz Waxman
Production Designer: Hans Dreier
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Perdón, número equivocado"
"Il terrore corre sul filo"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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