Sorry, Wrong Number

Year: 1948

Grade: B

Country: USA

Director: Litvak

Review

i’ve never heard of litvak, but he directs a good one here. lancaster and stanwyck are the stars and franz waxman composes the music. it’s similar to rear window in that it features a protagonist who suspects murder, but is unable to move (stanwyck plays and invalid and stewart played a wheelchair bound photographer). there’s a twist in this one that leads to a great final 30 seconds. lancaster does his typical routine and stanwyck is melodramatic so neither really impressed me. litvak and sol polito (cinematography), however, do a great job visually.