Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) Reviews & Ratings

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Sorry, Wrong Number reviews

Sorry, Wrong Number holds a 6.8/10 average from 225 TMDB ratings.

'Sorry, Wrong Number' isn't a film that leaves a strong lasting impression, but its narrative and visual inventiveness and a thoroughly engaging plot make it an enjoyable journey into 40s film noir. If anything, you leave it with a great appreciation for Lucille Fletcher's devilishly simple premise, one that certainly isn't dulled by the transition from radio to cinema. - Daniel Lammin Read Daniel's full article...…
— SWITCH. (7/10)

"Leona" (Barbara Stanwyck) is a wealthy bedridden woman who uses her telephone as a lifeline with an outside world which she has increasingly decided to shun. It's when making a call one evening that she overhears two men plotting a murder. Terrified, she tries to reach her husband "Henry" (Burt Lancaster) but he's nowhere to be found. She tries the police but what can she tell them? That is when she begins to try a…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

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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