Sorry, Wrong Number (1958 film)

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Sorry, Wrong Number
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SMH ad from 16 Jun 1958
Genrethriller
Based on'play by Lucille Fletcher
Written byPhilip Albright
Directed byRaymond Menmuir
StarringGeorgie Sterling
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time35 mins[1]
Production companyABC
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseJune 18, 1958 (Sydney, live)[2]
July 24, 1958 (Melbourne, taped)[3]

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[]

  1. ^ a b "Suspense Drama". Sydney Morning Herald. June 16, 1958. p. 15.
  2. ^ "Looking ahead on Channel 2, ABN". ABC Weekly. June 18, 1958. p. 33.
  3. ^ "Untitled". The Age. 18 July 1958. p. 26.
  4. ^ "Western heroes revolt". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 26, no. 2. Australia. 18 June 1958. p. 13. Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "NEW FEATURE FOR 2AD". The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser. No. 3488. New South Wales, Australia. 10 May 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "All the TV Programmes". ABC Weekly. 18 June 1958. p. 34.
  7. ^ "Maid Marian wants real romance with Robin". The Australian Women's Weekly. Australia. 15 October 1958. p. 82. Retrieved 26 January 2020 – via Trove.
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