| Phone Call from a Stranger | |
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| Directed by | Jean Negulesco |
| Screenplay by | Nunnally Johnson |
| Based on | a story by I. A. R. Wylie |
| Produced by | Nunnally Johnson |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Milton Krasner A.S.C. |
| Edited by | Hugh Fowler |
| Music by | Franz Waxman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,350,000 (US rentals)[1] |
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.[2] 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 of 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.
- ^ "Top Box-Office Hits of 1952". Variety. January 7, 1953.
- ^ "Phone Call from a Stranger (1952) – Credits". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 27, 2022.