Leona Stevenson is confined to her bed. When she asks the phone operator to connect her to her husband, she overhears a conversation between two men discussing a future murder. The anxiety leads her to uncover a crime with tragic consequences. Sorry, Wrong Number is a film noir on speed – fast-paced, full of twists, with the maximum use of the stylistic features of the genre, culminating in a flashback within a flashback. Stanwyck was 41 when she took on this role, and the new chapter of her career is present. She again portrays a heroine who takes no prisoners, or so she thinks.