Sorry, Wrong Number

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Sorry, Wrong Number

1948

1h 29m

Mystery & Thriller

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Due to a telephone glitch, Leona Stevenson (Barbara Stanwyck), a controlling heiress confined to a wheelchair, overhears a conversation about a plan to kill a woman. Unable to leave her home or reach her husband (Burt Lancaster), and written off by the police, Leona struggles to uncover the truth through a series of phone calls that only lead her deeper into a mystery, which may involve her college rival, Sally (Ann Richards), and a scheme to sell pharmaceuticals on the black market.

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Bob Thomas

Associated Press

Jun 20, 2019

A shocker that grips the emotions from the first foot of film.

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Ed Park

Village Voice

Jan 2, 2008

Number derives sleek hysteria from its audaciously constraining narrative strategy.

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Jan 2, 2008

To make a movie of Lucille Fletcher's classic radio play was really to betray its best idea: that sound, not sight, is the truly paranoid sense.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Nov 4, 2021

2.5/4

...periodically compelling yet mostly underwhelming...

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Oct 10, 2008

Stanwyck was too strong to play this simpering role.

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Jan 2, 2008

4/4

Both Lancaster and Stanwyck are excellent.

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Mike P

@RT09890132 Jul 21, 2026

Solid shocker based on famous radio show. This is the movie that birthed both When A Stranger Calls and Scream...Later on..

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Ted B.

@Movieaddicted Apr 29, 2026

3.5 stars; A good thriller and borderline Noir film. I thought the movie did a good job telling a complicated story from the perspective of a bedridden protagonist through flashbacks, and sometimes flashbacks within flashbacks. Two big-time stars of the 40s/50s, Stanwyck and Lancaster, gave good performances. Ms. Stanwyck especially kept the tension high throughout the film, up until the shocking ending.

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Alain E

@AlainE Feb 17, 2026

An intense melodrama that refuses to make any concessions to the gods of happy ending. Nicely restored, so among other things we can appreciate the exaggerated shadows on every wall. Stanwyck disregarded paternal advice and decency towards her girlfriend going after a man who didn’t exactly have her best interests at heart. Her performance was well modulated.

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Debi M

@RT70254073 Jan 15, 2026

A shocking fast paced horror flick! I loved it!

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Rob S

@RT31194753 Jan 31, 2025

Fascinating story about an invalid woman (Barbara Stanwyck) who overhears a murder plot accidentally on the phone, and even though most of the story is told through phone calls and flashbacks, it just holds you spellbound to see how things will resolve. Burt Lancaster plays her henpecked husband who seems like a very suspicious character.

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Melissa L

@Agent99 Oct 3, 2024

Seriously suspenseful. I didn't like the ending ,though.

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Synopsis

Due to a telephone glitch, Leona Stevenson (Barbara Stanwyck), a controlling heiress confined to a wheelchair, overhears a conversation about a plan to kill a woman. Unable to leave her home or reach her husband (Burt Lancaster), and written off by the police, Leona struggles to uncover the truth through a series of phone calls that only lead her deeper into a mystery, which may involve her college rival, Sally (Ann Richards), and a scheme to sell pharmaceuticals on the black market.

Director: Anatole Litvak
Producer: Anatole Litvak, Hal B. Wallis
Screenwriter: Lucille Fletcher
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 1, 1948, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 13, 2017
Runtime: 1h 29m

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