Sorry, Wrong Number (1958 film)
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Genrethriller
Based onSorry, Wrong Number
1943 radio play
by Lucille Fletcher
1943 radio play
by Lucille Fletcher
Written byPhilip Albright
Directed byRaymond Menmuir
| Sorry, Wrong Number | |
|---|---|
 SMH ad from 16 Jun 1958 | |
| Genre | thriller |
| Based on | Sorry, Wrong Number 1943 radio play by Lucille Fletcher |
| Written by | Philip Albright |
| Directed by | Raymond Menmuir |
| Starring | Georgie Sterling |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 35 mins[1] |
| Production company | ABC |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | June 18, 1958 (Sydney, live)[2] |
| Release | July 24, 1958 (Melbourne, taped)[3] |
Sorry, Wrong Number is a 1958 Australian television play based on Lucille Fletcher's radio play Sorry, Wrong Number. It starred Georgie Sterling.[4]
It was one of several thrillers filmed in the early days of Australian television.[5]
The bed-ridden Mrs Stevenson hears on a telephone, due to crossed wires, that a murder is being plotted to occur tonight. She calls various people in a desperate attempt to get someone to believe her story. As the night goes on, she becomes increasingly concerned that the victim may be someone she knows.
Cast
- Georgie Sterling as Mrs Stevenson
- Del Furze
- Derani Scarr
- Pat Binstead
- Bonnie Walker
- John Llewelyn
- John Bluthal
- Al Garcia
- Wayne Polzin
- Dorothy Whiteley
- Eric Reiman
Production
Sterling had performed in the play on radio in 1948.[6]
Ray Menmuir directed.[7] Menmuir had only just finished directing Murder Story for the ABC.[1]
