Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey
Directed by Anatole Litvak
Adapted by Lucille Fletcher from her 1943 radio play.
Due to a telephone glitch, Leona Stevenson (Barbara Stanwyck), a controlling heiress confined to a wheelchair, overhears a conversation about a plan to kill a woman. Unable to leave her home or reach her husband (Burt Lancaster), and written off by the police, Leona struggles to uncover the truth through a series of phone calls that only lead her deeper into a mystery. She becomes increasingly desperate as she tries to work out who the victim is so the crime can be prevented.
This gave Barbara Stanwyck the last of her four Oscar nominations. She would finally receive an Honorary Award in 1982.
Barbara Stanwyck shot her part over an intense twelve-day period. Since her character was mostly confined to her bed with only the company of a telephone, it presented a challenge for the actress. Anatole Litvak, whom Stanwyck liked and trusted, asked her how she would prefer to shoot her scenes. Stanwyck chose to shoot them in chronological order. Doing this, she believed, would help her build the terror of her character most effectively. "Almost from the word go," said Stanwyck, "she is way up there emotionally, and stays there day after day...I decided I'd prefer to jump in, bam, go, stay there, up, try to sustain it all the way and shoot the works."
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