Title:Phone Call From A Stranger

Date: 1952
Type: Drama
Rating:

4/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Jean Negulesco
Producer: Nunnally Johnson

Comment
A man (Gary Merrill) decides to leave his unfaithful wife (Helen Westcott) and gets on a plane to Los Angeles. The plane is forced to land part way and he gets to know three other passangers (Shelly Winters, Michael Rennie, Keenan Wynn) . The plane crashes before it arrives at its desination. He survives and he then visits the familes (Bette Davis, Beatrice Straight, Craig Stevens) of the other three people he met. The film tells three unrelated stories, with Gary Merrill taking on the role of mending family relationships. Gary Merrill is very deadpan as the lawyer, whilst Shelley Winters brings humour and glamour and though Bette Davis only has a small part, but her class shows through.
Actors

Keenan Wynn
Evelyn Varden
Warren Stevens
Beatrice Straight
Ted Donaldson

Craig Stevens

Helen Westcott

Oscars
None
Production
Twentieth Century-Fox
Phone Call From A Stranger