Sorry, Wrong Number

1948, NR, 89 min. Directed by Anatole Litvak. Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey, Ed Begley, Leif Erickson, William Conrad.

REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Thu., June 8, 2000

In this taut thriller, Barbara Stanwyck plays a woman who overhears a phone conversation about a murder that’s about to be committed. Then she discovers that she’s the intended victim.

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