Sorry, Wrong Number
“Tangled Wires... Whispering of Murder! Tangled Lives... Fighting to Escape!”
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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Cast
21 people
Barbara Stanwyck
Leona Cotterell Stevenson
Known for
Double Indemnity
The Lady Eve
Burt Lancaster
Henry Stevenson
Known for
The Leopard
From Here to Eternity
Ann Richards
Sally Hunt Lord
Known for
Random Harvest
Wendell Corey
Dr. Philip Alexander
Known for
Rear Window
The Furies
Harold Vermilyea
Waldo Evans
Known for
The Big Clock
Gentleman's Agreement
Ed Begley
James 'J.B.' Cotterell
Known for
12 Angry Men
Hang 'em High
Leif Erickson
Fred Lord
Known for
On the Waterfront
Invaders from Mars
William Conrad
Morano
Known for
Jake and the Fatman
Police Squad!
John Bromfield
Joe (Detective)
Known for
Revenge of the Creature
The Furies
Jimmy Hunt
Peter Lord
Known for
Invaders from Mars
Pitfall
Dorothy Neumann
Elizabeth Jennings
Known for
The Terror
Paul Fierro
Harpootlian
Known for
The Creature Walks Among Us
Anatole Litvak Director · Lucille Fletcher Screenplay Franz Waxman Composer
Worldwide gross $2.8M · United States release September 24, 1948 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,850,000
Production
Hal Wallis Productions
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 1, 1948
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · September 24, 1948
Theatrical
United States · May 28, 2002
Physical · DVD
Austria
January 1, 1951 · Theatrical
Denmark
July 29, 1949 · Theatrical
France
September 30, 1949 · Theatrical
October 17, 2026 · TV · Ciné+ Classic
United Kingdom
February 4, 1949 · Theatrical
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