26 Dec 1950
The Man Who Cheated Himself
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.
Sorry, Wrong Number
Tangled Wires... Whispering of Murder! Tangled Lives... Fighting to Escape!
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.
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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
Joyce Compton Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
Yola d'Avril Leona's Maid (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert Wilkins (uncredited)
Kristine Miller Dr. Alexander's Girlfriend Dolly (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland 
Dorothy Vernon Mary Field Telephone Operator (uncredited)
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