Sorry, Wrong Number (1958 film)

Sorry, Wrong Number is a 1958 Australian television play based on Lucille Fletcher's radio play Sorry, Wrong Number. It starred Georgie Sterling.^[4]

Sorry, Wrong Number
SMH ad from 16 Jun 1958
Genre	thriller
Based on	Sorry, Wrong Number 1943 radio play by Lucille Fletcher
Written by	Philip Albright
Directed by	Raymond Menmuir
Starring	Georgie Sterling
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Running time	35 mins[1]
Production company	ABC
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	June 18, 1958 (1958-06-18) (Sydney, live)[2]
Release	July 24, 1958 (1958-07-24) (Melbourne, taped)[3]

It was one of several thrillers filmed in the early days of Australian television.^[5]

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.^[6]

Ray Menmuir directed.^[7] 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.^[8]