He's as kept as William Holden was in Sunset Boulevard.Īs the story unfolds it actually becomes Lancaster's struggle to claw out of captivity. We see Lancaster trapped in a velvet cocoon of luxury, but not really being his own man. Stanwyck is the spoiled only child of pharmaceutical millionaire Ed Begley and we her put on a full court campaign to sweep poor kid Burt Lancaster off his feet and away from Ann Richards. The people that Fletcher creates aren't the most sympathetic group of people you'd ever want to meet. We certainly get that in this film and it's when we do that Stanwyck went into Oscar contention.īesides the moments of present terror, the story is fleshed in a series of flashbacks, sometimes flashbacks within flashbacks, although not approaching Passage to Marseilles which set some kind of record in that department. The original drama was only thirty minutes and it only concentrates on a crippled woman and her terror. Reviewed by bkoganbing 6 / 10 A Kept Man Tries To Claw Outįor her fourth and final Oscar nomination for Best Actress, Barbara Stanwyck starred in an expanded version of the Lucille Fletcher radio play Sorry Wrong Number. Note: On 29 September 2013, I saw this movie again. Title (Brazil): "A Vida Por Um Fio - O Clássico" ("The Life for One Line - The Classic") This movie deserves to be watched more than once and is highly indicated for fans of film noir. The screenplay and the direction are excellent and keep the attention of the viewer until the end of the last scene. "Sorry, Wrong Number" is a great film-noir with a suspenseful story and top-notch performances. Along the night, she learns dirty secrets about Henry and she finds that she might be the intended victim. She recalls the first encounter with her husband and parts of her life with him through flashbacks. Leona tries to find the right number to tell the police and she discovers that her former friend and ex-girlfriend of Henry, Sally Hunt Lord (Ann Richards), had lunch with him. Stevenson (Burt Lancaster)and becomes aware of a murder that would be committed late night of that day through a "cross-wire", when she overhears two men planning the murder. In New York, the spoiled Leona Stevenson (Barbara Stanswick) is the invalid wife of the VP of a pharmaceutical industry Henry J. Reviewed by claudio_carvalho 9 / 10 A Great Film Noir with Splendid Screenplay, Direction and Performances
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