Sorry, Wrong Number

5/27/2020

'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... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-sorry-wrong-number-an-inventive-slice-of-1940s-film-noir

10/9/2026

"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 and rationalise what she has heard and for the next tautly directed and paced ninety minutes we begin to learn a little about her, her relationship with her husband and about his own activities with chemist "Evans" (Harold Vermilyea) and the mobster "Morano" (William Conrad). As the story unfolds so does the palpable sense of threat - but who is the target? Is there really a targ