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Sorry, Wrong Number

1948 · 89 min

A claustrophobic, slow-burning noir that traps you in a sick woman's panic as a phone call tightens into dread.

Directed by: Anatole Litvak
Genres: Thriller, Mystery
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards

Tagline: Tangled Wires... Whispering of Murder! Tangled Lives... Fighting to Escape!
Overview: 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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Directed by: Anatole Litvak
Genres: Thriller, Mystery
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
deception
betrayal
fate
guilt
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	8
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: thriller, mystery
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
Written by: Lucille Fletcher
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey, Harold Vermilyea, Ed Begley, Leif Erickson, William Conrad
Music: Franz Waxman
Cinematography: Sol Polito
Runtime: 89 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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