Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

6.8/10 • 89 min • Thriller Mystery

Overview

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.

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck

Leona Cotterell Stevenson

Burt Lancaster

Henry 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

Joyce Compton

Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)

Yola d'Avril

Leona's Maid (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert

Wilkins (uncredited)

Kristine Miller

Dr. Alexander's Girlfriend Dolly (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland

Dorothy Vernon

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