This time, Stanwyck is an invalid, who’s having trouble with her phone. I would call it a straight-up female victim tale, but Babs is not what you’d call sympathetic as a character. Even so, should her husband (Burt Lancaster) be plotting her death?
Sorry, Wrong Number
Shelly Brisbin with David J. Loehr, Micheline Maynard, Nathan Alderman and Randy Dotinga
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