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Tangled Wires... Whispering of Murder! Tangled Lives... Fighting to Escape!
Rating: 6.8 out of 10TMDB(223 votes)
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress (1949)
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Setting
Set in New York City
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Music
Music by Franz Waxman
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Sol Polito
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Lucille FletcherScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 24, 1948
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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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
Joyce ComptonCotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
Yola d'AvrilLeona's Maid (uncredited)
Holmes HerbertWilkins (uncredited)
Kristine MillerDr. Alexander's Girlfriend Dolly (uncredited)
William H. O'BrienWaiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland
Dorothy Vernon- Mary FieldTelephone Operator (uncredited)
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