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While on the telephone, an invalid woman overhears what she thinks is a murder plot and attempts to prevent it.
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 nominations.
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Leona Stevenson
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Henry Stevenson
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Sally Hunt Lord
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Dr. Alexander
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Waldo Evans
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James Cotterell
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Fred Lord
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Morano - Gangster
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Joe - Detective
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Peter Lord
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Miss Jennings
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Harpootlian
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bill Cartledge ...
Page Boy (uncredited)
Cliff Clark ...
Police Sergeant Duffy (uncredited)
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Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
Ashley Cowan ...
Clam Digger (uncredited)
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French Maid (uncredited)
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Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Igor Dega ...
Dance Team Member (uncredited)
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Minister (uncredited)
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Morano's Henchman (uncredited)
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Telephone Operator (uncredited)
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Bingo Hall Page (uncredited)
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Wilkins (uncredited)
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Nurse (uncredited)
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Dolly: Doctor Alexander's Girlfriend (uncredited)
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Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
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Bingo Caller (uncredited)
Grace Poggi ...
Dance Team Member (uncredited)
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Waiter (uncredited)
Albert Pollet ...
Maurice - Waiter (uncredited)
Pepito Pérez ...
Boat Operator (uncredited)
George Stern ...
Drug Store Proprietor (uncredited)
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Dance Team Member (uncredited)
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Policeman at New Rochelle Train Station (uncredited)
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Woman in Subway (uncredited)
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Albert, the Waiter (uncredited)

Directed by

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Anatole Litvak

Written by

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Lucille Fletcher ... (radio play)
 
Lucille Fletcher ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Anatole Litvak ... producer
Hal B. Wallis ... producer (as Hal Wallis)

Music by

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Franz Waxman

Cinematography by

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Sol Polito ... director of photography

Editorial Department

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Warren Low ... editorial supervisor

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Hans Dreier
A. Earl Hedrick ... (as Earl Hedrick)

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Sam Comer
Bertram C. Granger ... (as Bertram Granger)

Costume Design by

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Edith Head

Makeup Department

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Wally Westmore ... makeup supervisor

Production Management

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Richard Blaydon ... production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Richard McWhorter ... assistant director

Art Department

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Gene Lauritzen ... construction coordinator (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Gene Merritt ... sound recordist
Walter Oberst ... sound recordist

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Farciot Edouart ... process photography
Gordon Jennings ... special photographic effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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Mal Bulloch ... still photographer (uncredited)
Al Green ... camera operator (uncredited)
Roy Roberts ... gaffer (uncredited)
Fred True ... grip (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Sidney Cutner ... orchestrator (uncredited)
George Parrish ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Leonid Raab ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Leo Shuken ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Marvin Weldon ... script supervisor (uncredited)
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Other Companies

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  • Ruser (Miss Stanwyck's jewels)

Storyline

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Plot Summary

Leona Stevenson is sick and confined to her bed. One night while waiting for her husband to return home, she picks up the phone and accidentally overhears a conversation between two men planning a murder. She becomes increasingly desperate as she tries to work out who the victim is so the crime can be prevented. Written by Col Needham

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Taglines She overheard the plans for her own destruction! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Raccrochez, c'est une erreur ! (France)
  • Du lebst noch 105 Minuten (Germany)
  • Voces de muerte (Spain)
  • Número erróneo (Spain)
  • Anteeksi, väärä numero (Finland)
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  • 89 min
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Trivia (Director Cameo) Anatole Litvak: Where Henry is having lunch with Sally, he asks his waiter if he knows who the gentleman is in the dark glasses at the table behind him. It is the director. See more »
Goofs Twice, Leona turns on a radio, and music begins instantly and strongly. Radios of the film's era contained vacuum tubes that needed some time to warm up. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982). See more »
Soundtracks June in January See more »
Crazy Credits PROLOGUE: "In the tangled networks of a great city, the telephone is the unseen link between a million lives...It is the servant of our common needs-the confidante of our inmost secrets...life and happiness wait upon its ring...and horror...and loneliness...and...death!!!" See more »
Quotes Henry Stevenson: [to Leona] I want you to do something. I want you to get yourself out of the bed, and get over to the window and scream as loud as you can. Otherwise you only have another three minutes to live.
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