
Leona Stevenson is sick and confined to her bed. One night while waiting for her husband to return home, she picks up the phone and accidentally overhears a conversation between two men planning a murder. She becomes increasingly desperate as she tries to work out who the victim is so the crime can be prevented.... (Full plot summary below)
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Leona Stevenson is sick and confined to her bed. One night while waiting for her husband to return home, she picks up the phone and accidentally overhears a conversation between two men planning a murder. She becomes increasingly desperate as she tries to work out who the victim is so the crime can be prevented.
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| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonStanwyck was too strong to play this simpering role. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe European émigré director, Anton Litvak, shoots Stanwyck's bedroom as if it were a luxury prison. |
| Kalamazoo GazetteJames SanfordA bit drawn-out, but a sensational vehicle for Stanwyck's talents |
| Not Coming to a Theater Near YouMatt BaileyA good script, but it should have been filmed with the woman who made it famous on the stage, Agnes Moorehead. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrTo make a movie of Lucille Fletcher's classic radio play was really to betray its best idea: that sound, not sight, is the truly paranoid sense. |
| New York TimesBosley CrowtherPerhaps if you have a special interest in foul folks and morbidities, you will thrill to this Hal Wallis picture. Frankly, we squirmed -- and not from dread. |
| User ReviewLovey dOne of the sharpest thrillers I have seen before then and up to now. |
| User ReviewKaren CExcellent suspense thriller from 1948. Barbara Stanwyck is incredible in this movie!!! So is Burt Lancaster!!! Acting was superb!!! Highly recommend!! |
| User ReviewAnna SIncredible suspense thriller from 1948. Barbara Stanwyck was superb and Burt Lancaster was excellent also. Highly recommend!!! |
| User ReviewJason JThis is one of those movies, that even if you were not a fan of old movies at all, you'll like this one if you like good thrillers. |