Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
- Directed by
- Jean Negulesco
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, melodrama
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 30 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man is the sole survivor of a plane crash. He reaches out to the families of three fellow passengers he met on the flight. The film uses flashbacks to show the lives and secrets of the people who died.
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What happens
Phone Call from a Stranger is a 1952 American film noir drama 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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