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Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
7.5
Whilst on the telephone, an invalid woman overhears what she thinks is a plot to murder her. Director:Anatole Litvak |
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Ann Richards | ... |
Sally Hunt Lord
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Wendell Corey | ... |
Dr. Alexander
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Harold Vermilyea | ... |
Waldo Evans
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James Cotterell
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Leif Erickson | ... |
Fred Lord
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Morano
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John Bromfield | ... |
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Jimmy Hunt | ... |
Peter Lord
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Dorothy Neumann | ... |
Miss Elizabeth Jennings
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Paul Fierro | ... |
Harpootlian
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Leona Stevenson is sick and confined to her bed. One night, whilst waiting for her husband to return home, she picks up the phone and accidentally overhears a conversation between two men planning a murder. She becomes increasingly desperate as she tries to work out who the victim is so the crime can be prevented. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
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She overheard the plans for her own destruction! See more »Parents Guide:
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Leona Stevenson: Operator! Operator! Operator!
Voice of Operator: Your call please?
Leona Stevenson: Operator, I've been ringing Murray Hill 35097 for the last half hour and the line is always busy. Will you ring it for me, please?
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Where Henry is having lunch with Sally, he asks his waiter if he knows who the gentleman is in the dark glasses at the table behind him. The man is director Anatole Litvak. See more »Goofs
Continuity: After Leona calls the police, she reaches to her bed table for medicine and water. The table extending over her bed immediately at her right hand, and the phone is on the bed at her left. In the next shot, the phone has moved, and the bed table is far away from her, under the window to her left. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Leona Stevenson: Operator! Operator! Operator!
Voice of Operator: Your call please?
Leona Stevenson: Operator, I've been ringing Murray Hill 35097 for the last half hour and the line is always busy. Will you ring it for me, please?
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