Drama

Phone Call from a Stranger

- Five great stars in a masterpiece of bold and intimate emotions !

Four strangers board a plane and become fast friends, but a catastrophic crash leaves only one survivor. He then sets off on a journey to discover who these people were, but ultimately discovers the devastating truth about himself.

Release Date : 1952-02-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Binky Gay

Original Name : Shelley Winters

Gender : Female

Character Name : David Trask

Original Name : Gary Merrill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Robert Fortness

Original Name : Michael Rennie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marie Hoke

Original Name : Bette Davis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Eddie Hoke

Original Name : Keenan Wynn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sallie Carr

Original Name : Evelyn Varden

Gender : Female

Character Name : Marty Nelson

Original Name : Warren Stevens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Claire Fortness

Original Name : Beatrice Straight

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jerry Fortness

Original Name : Ted Donaldson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mike Carr

Original Name : Craig Stevens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jane Trask

Original Name : Helen Westcott

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tim Brooks

Original Name : Hugh Beaumont

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pilot

Original Name : George Nader

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bartender

Original Name : John Doucette

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Genevieve Bell

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Perdita Chandler

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Harry Cheshire

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ken Christy

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : George Eldredge

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Franklyn Farnum

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Bess Flowers

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Keith Hetherington

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Thomas E. Jackson

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Freeman Lusk

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Bill Neff

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Nestor Paiva

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Tom Powers

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Davis Roberts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Herschel Graham

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-09-09

Gary Merrill is "David Trask", a lawyer on a flight from Chicago that is delayed en route by bad weather. Whilst travelling he befriends three of his companions and they share really quite personal stories to help pass the time. When their flight resumes, it crashes and all but three perish."Trask" sets out to track down the families of his three friends and finds each with a story to tell. The first features Michael Rennie as a doctor with a guilty secret who has turned to drink and compromised his relationship with his family. The second involves aspiring actress Shelley Winters who is returning to her husband and his rather over-bearing mother and the third a bed-ridden Bette Davis. Each visit helps to alleviate their suffering and the performances are strong with eventually Merrill realising a few things about his own situation that makes him think again. The stories, themselves, are just a little too melodramatic however, and I found Franz Waxman's score a bit intrusive as it sometimes does just a bit too much of Merrill's acting for him. Well worth a watch, though - particularly for an on-form Winters.