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
Unknown
Dorothy Vernon
Unknown
Mary Field
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Alexander Pollard
Waiter (uncredited)
Crew
Lucille Fletcher
Radio Play, Screenplay
Anatole Litvak
Director, Producer
Sol Polito
Director of Photography
Richard McWhorter
Assistant Director
Hal B. Wallis
Producer
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Gene Merritt
Sound Recordist
Walter Oberst
Sound Recordist
Gordon Jennings
Special Effects
Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Bertram C. Granger
Set Decoration
Fred True
Grip
Warren Low
Supervising Editor
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
A. Earl Hedrick
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