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.
Sorry, Wrong Number is of 1 hour(s) and 29 minute(s). It is Produced By: Hal Wallis Productions, Paramount. It was released on 1948-09-24. It has the tagline: Tangled Wires... Whispering of Murder! Tangled Lives... Fighting to Escape! It has an average vote of 6.724 on TMDB.
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