Sorry, Wrong Number

1948 film by Anatole Litvak
Movie film Q1262450
Sorry, Wrong Number
Corporate author: en:Paramount Pictures Film director: en:Anatole Litvak · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Sorry, Wrong Number is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,212 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Anatole Litvak[3]
  • Screenwriter: Lucille Fletcher[4]
  • Composer: Franz Waxman[5]
  • Genre: crime film[6], flashback film[7], film noir[8], drama film[9]
  • Cast member: Barbara Stanwyck[10], Burt Lancaster[11], Wendell Corey[12], Ed Begley[13], Leif Erickson[14], Ann Richards[15], William Conrad[16], John Bromfield[17], Harold Vermilyea[18], Jimmy Hunt[19], Joyce Compton[20], Kristine Miller[21], Yola d'Avril[22], Suzanne Dalbert[23]
  • Producer: Hal B. Wallis[24]
  • Production company: Paramount Pictures[25]
  • Director of photography: Sol Polito[26]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[27]
  • Commons category: Sorry, Wrong Number[28]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[29]
  • Review score: 6.8/10[30], 86%[31]
  • Color: black-and-white[32]
  • Country of origin: United States[33]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1948[34]
  • Distributed by: Paramount Pictures[35], Netflix[36]
  • Narrative location: New York City[37]
  • Film editor: Warren Low[38]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress[39]
  • Title: Sorry, Wrong Number[40]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[41]
  • Duration: 88 minutes[42]
  • Production designer: Hans Dreier[43]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[44]

Why It Matters

Sorry, Wrong Number has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  28. [30] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . cnc.fr. cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', '
    Ampas collections film id → W081341
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W081341, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 40823
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 40823, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269764|batch #269764]]"
  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 71793
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 71793, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269266|batch #269266]]"
  4. 15w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 → sorry-wrong-number
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14551: sorry-wrong-number, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/295960795|SORRY, WRONG NUMBER (#295960795)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8091|"
  5. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Hans Dreier
    Publication date → +1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Lucille Fletcher
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+88'}
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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