Sorry, Wrong Number (1958 film)

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Sorry, Wrong Number
File:Ad for 1958 production sorry wrong number.png
SMH ad from 16 Jun 1958
Genre thriller
Based on 'play by Lucille Fletcher
Written by Philip Albright
Directed by Raymond Menmuir
Starring Georgie Sterling
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
Production
Running time 35 mins[1]
Production company(s) ABC
Release
Original network ABC
Original release June 18, 1958 (1958-06-18) (Sydney, live)[2]
July 24, 1958 (1958-07-24) (Melbourne, taped)[3]
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Sorry, Wrong Number is a 1958 Australian television play based on Lucille Fletcher's radio play Sorry, Wrong Number. It starred Georgie Sterling.[4]

Plot

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.[5]

Ray Menmuir directed.[6] Menmuir had only just finished directing Murder Story for the ABC.[1]

Follow Up

The ABC subsequently broadcast another one person play on television, Box for One.[7]

References

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