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.
Directed by Anatole Litvak
husband wife relationship
telephone
family business
flashback
film noir
female protagonist
fear
chemist
heiress
invalid
criminal investigation
home alone
phone call
pharmaceuticals company
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3.5 / 5
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Cast
Barbara Stanwyck
Leona Cotterell Stevenson
Burt Lancaster
Henry Stevenson
Ann Richards
Sally Hunt Lord
Wendell Corey
Dr. Philip Alexander
Harold Vermilyea
Waldo Evans
Ed Begley
James 'J.B.' Cotterell
Leif Erickson
Fred Lord
William Conrad
Morano
John Bromfield
Joe (Detective)
Jimmy Hunt
Peter Lord
Dorothy Neumann
Elizabeth Jennings
Paul Fierro
Harpootlian
Crew
Anatole Litvak
Director
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Hal B. Wallis
Producer
Anatole Litvak
Producer
Edith Head
Costume Design
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Popular Reviews
43 reviews
Adam
7.0★ · 03/04/26
Play some god damn defense 😭🤦
Play some god damn defense 😭🤦
Maranda
8.0★ · 02/21/26
Girl I get it
Girl I get it
Ilse
8.0★ · 01/31/26
I loooooooove women getting dismissed for being a lil dramatic, gotta be my favorite movie genre.
I loooooooove women getting dismissed for being a lil dramatic, gotta be my favorite movie genre.
cel
7.0★ · 01/15/26
i am also a very sick woman
i am also a very sick woman
eryn
6.0★ · 01/07/26
love barb and the ending, but other than that this was lowkey yawn city!
love barb and the ending, but other than that this was lowkey yawn city!