Sorry, Wrong Number
Sorry, Wrong Number is a 1948 American suspense film noir directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster. It tells the story of a woman who overhears a murder plot. The film was adapted by Lucille Fletcher from her 1943 radio play. It is one of the few pre1950 Paramount Pictures films that remained in the studios library the rest are currently owned by Universal.
As she makes a number of phone calls trying to locate Henry, Leona inadvertently begins to piece together the mystery. The story is told mostly in flashbacks. When Leona reaches Henrys secretary, Elizabeth Jennings Dorothy Neumann, she learns that he took an attractive Mrs. Lord to lunch and did not return to the office. Mrs. Lord turns out to be the former Sally Hunt Ann Richards. Leona stole thendrug store employee Henry from Sally, and married him against her fathers wishes. Sally is now the wife of Fred Lord Leif Erickson, a lawyer in the district attorneys office. From overheard conversations, she learned that her husband was close to resolving an investigation that involves Henry somehow. Sally became so concerned that she followed her husband and two associates to a mysterious meeting in a seemingly abandoned house on Staten Island. The house, according to a no trespassing sign, belongs to a W. Evans. Sally arranged to meet Henry for lunch, but before she could warn him, he left the table and did not return. Later, Sally calls Leona with more news. The house on Staten Island has burned down, and three men, including someone named Morano William Conrad, have been arrested. Waldo Evans Harold Vermilyea, however, has escaped.Leona then receives a message from Henry stating he has gone out of town on business he had forgotten about and will not be back until Sunday. ........
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