Thriller / Mystery /

Score: 67.4%( 184 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.

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

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)

Alexander Pollard
Waiter (uncredited)