Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

Henry Stevenson: You can't live on dreams forever. Waiting only weakens you and your dream. My motto is: "If you want something, get it now!"

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[first lines]
Leona Stevenson: Operator! Operator! Operator!
Voice of Operator: Your call please?
Leona Stevenson: Operator, I've been ringing Murray Hill 35097 for the last half hour and the line is always busy. Will you ring it for me, please?

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Henry Stevenson: Besides, what does a dame like you want with a guy like me?

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Barbara Stanwyck claimed that the terror she played in the bedroom scenes is actually what made her hair begin to prematurely gray.
Leif Erickson and Jimmy Hunt would play father and son again, five years later, in Invaders from Mars.
The jewel-clasped cigarette case Leona offers to Henry was Stanwyck's own, A birthday gift from Joan Crawford, one of her dearest friends.
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