Barbara Stanwyck takes on Agnes Moorehead's celebrated role as the frantic invalid of Suspense's much-reprised radio play. Alone and bedridden, Leona Stevenson tries desperately to raise the alarm after overhearing a murder plot on the phone, only to realize that she is its intended victim. Claustrophobically structured in seemingly real time, director Anatole Litvak’s film speeds to its horrifying conclusion.
35mm, b/w, 89 min. Production: Hal Wallis Productions, Inc. Distribution: Paramount Pictures, Inc. Producer: Hal Wallis, Anatole Litvak. Director: Anatole Litvak. Based on the radio play by Lucille Fletcher. Screenwriter: Lucille Fletcher. Cinematographer: Sol Polito. Editor: Warren Low. Composer: Franz Waxman. With: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey, Harold Vermilyea.
