Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
1h 45m
Running Time
February 1, 1952Release Date
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
1h 45m
Running Time
February 1, 1952Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Four strangers board a plane and become fast friends, but a catastrophic crash leaves only one survivor. He then sets off on a journey to discover who these people were, but ultimately discovers the devastating truth about himself.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Bette Davis
Marie Hoke
Shelley Winters
Binky Gay (Mrs. Michael Carr)
Gary Merrill
David L. Trask
Michael Rennie
Dr. Robert Fortness
Keenan Wynn
Eddie Hoke
Evelyn Varden
Sally Carr
Warren Stevens
Marty Nelson
Beatrice Straight
Claire Fortness
Ted Donaldson
Jerry Fortness
Craig Stevens
Mike Carr
Helen Westcott
Jane Trask
Hugh Beaumont
Tim Brooks
Jean Negulesco
Director
George Nader
Pilot
Nunnally Johnson
Writer
John Doucette
Bartender
I.A.R. Wylie
Writer
Franz Waxman
Composer
Milton Krasner
Cinematographer
Hugh S. Fowler
Editor
I. A. R. Wylie
Story
Perdita Chandler
Harry Cheshire
Ken Christy
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Phone Call from a Stranger is a 1952 American film noir drama film directed by Jean Negulesco from a screenplay by Nunnally Johnson, based on the 1950 novelette of the same name by I. A. R. Wylie. The film centers on the survivor of an aircraft crash who contacts the relatives of three of the victims he came to know on board the flight. The story employs flashbacks to relive the three characters' pasts.
At the 13th Venice International Film Festival, the film earned Negulesco a nomination for the Golden Lion, while Johnson was nominated for the Golden Osella for Best Original Screenplay.