The read
A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 86%. Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
218 audience votes
Key crew
- Lucille FletcherScreenplay
- Anatole LitvakDirector
- Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Barbara StanwyckLeona Cotterell Stevenson
- Burt LancasterHenry Stevenson
- Ann RichardsSally Hunt Lord
- Wendell CoreyDr. Philip Alexander
- Harold VermilyeaWaldo Evans
- Ed BegleyJames 'J.B.' Cotterell
- Leif EricksonFred Lord
- William ConradMorano
- John BromfieldJoe (Detective)
- Jimmy HuntPeter Lord
- Dorothy NeumannElizabeth Jennings
- Paul FierroHarpootlian
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Themes
husband wife relationshiptelephonefamily business flashbackfilm noirfemale protagonistfearchemistheiressinvalidcriminal investigationhome alone