Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

★★★★★ · great ensemble, great noir · mmedefarge · 2023-12-22

I love Barbara Stanwyck, I'll watch anything she did that I can find. Same for Burt Lancaster, and I've seen almost everything he did, though some things still aren't available online. There's a serious question in this film, as to whether Henry was a milquetoast who finally turned on his wife, or whether his yielding to her at every step was evidence of real love for her. There's also a timing problem. Her doctor reveals the truth about her condition only months before the final events, but I believe it's stated in the script that Henry started his independent activities a year before that.…

★★★★★ · Excellent Stanwyck, Lancaster, & supporting cast! · BornBohemian · 2022-10-03

This is both, one of my favorites of, Barb and Burt, and the movie has a great storyline, allowing the tragic nature of both personas, to crash together like cymbals! I'm not sure who ended up most tragic, although Barb's tragic end was by way of Burt's big plans, she still put herself "in the noose" so to speak, by way of her entire life of avarice and self centeredness... Great, Great film; you'll be torn by it all too, I assure you–to pieces–utterly, and completely, threadbare–and the drastic, pitiful ending, will leave your heart feeling like a potted plant in a haunted house... See This…