bombersflyup Sorry, Wrong Number, despite having Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster was an extremely dull film-noir/mystery.The main character played by Stanwyck was confined to her bed and unlikable, the next main character played by Lancaster wasn't present for most of the film. The story was terrible, there was no suspense and it was all way over the top. The only interesting part of the whole film was the character of Sally Hunt. At the start of the flick Henry is dancing with Sally, Leona rudely interjects, Henry after dancing with Leona turns her down going back to Sally. The next scene Henry is with Leona in her car, working for her dad and then marrying her. ???? It's like there was a scene missing.

drystyx This bit of alleged suspense has zero suspense. It is so predictable that it isn't funny.1948 was a bit early for this kind of tripe, but even then the neo Nazi propaganda machine of Hollywood was diligent in making sure the darker haired woman in any movie would get killed off. It got even more blatant later, particularly in the seventies when most viewers were so drug crazed, and today most of those who rate here are among those brain washed Nazi die hard dorks.We know everything that will happen long before it happens, so it's just an ordeal for masochists and sadists to enjoy, and as we know, those human demons love to push their hatred down everyone else's throats, and they guffaw about it like the red necks they are.Just another sick movie for sick devil worshipers.

LiquidPoetry1921 When I watched this movie as a child, it absolutely terrified me! When asked what the scariest film I'd ever seen was, 'Sorry, Wrong Number' was always at the top of my list. How I wish I didn't watch it again as an adult, because unlike other classics that have held up over the years ('The Godfather', 'Psycho', 'The Graduate'), this one sadly didn't.It stars Barbara Stanwyck as a woman who suffers from Hypochondria due to a mental impairment, and her husband Burt Lancaster ~ a man who works for Stanwyck's father. Having been mistreated and abused for years in his position, Lancaster decides his only way out of the marriage is by having Stanwyck killed. Stanwyck accidentally overhears a murder plot in a mis-transfered phone call, and starts realizing she is the intended target. When Lancaster starts having regrets and attempts to warn his wife of what will be occurring, it is obviously too late ~ when the killer answers the phone the final time and says, 'sorry, wrong number'. I'm sure it was absolutely terrifying in its day...and definitely was to a ten year old child! But the years have unfortunately diminished that fright factor.

Lee Eisenberg I had never heard of "Sorry, Wrong Number" before watching it. I then learned that it was originally a radio play starring Agnes Moorehead (Endora on "Bewitched"). For the movie they cast Barbara Stanwyck as the bed-ridden woman who overhears what sounds like a murder plot on the phone. The real-time action adds to the suspense, with flashbacks telling much of the story. A lot of the acting is more like overacting, though. Even so, any noir is good noir. I actually thought that the flashbacks were the most best scenes, explaining the main character's acquaintances with various people, and how they play into what's now going on. It's no Hitchcock, but still worth seeing.