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Phone Call from a Stranger

1952 film by Jean Negulesco
Movie film Q1304513
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Phone Call from a Stranger

Summary

Phone Call from a Stranger is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (169 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Phone Call from a Stranger's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's director is recorded as Jean Negulesco[4].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's screenwriter is recorded as Nunnally Johnson[5].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's composer is recorded as Franz Waxman[6].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's genre is recorded as drama film[7].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's genre is recorded as film noir[8].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's genre is recorded as melodrama[9].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's cast member is recorded as Gary Merrill[10].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's cast member is recorded as Shelley Winters[11].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's cast member is recorded as Michael Rennie[12].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's cast member is recorded as Keenan Wynn[13].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's cast member is recorded as Beatrice Straight[14].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's cast member is recorded as Craig Stevens[15].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's cast member is recorded as Bette Davis[16].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's cast member is recorded as Evelyn Varden[17].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's cast member is recorded as Helen Westcott[18].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's cast member is recorded as Nestor Paiva[19].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's cast member is recorded as Warren Stevens[20].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's producer is recorded as Nunnally Johnson[21].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's director of photography is recorded as Milton Krasner[22].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0045029[23].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[24].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[25].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's color is recorded as black-and-white[26].
  • Phone Call from a Stranger's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 548156[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Phone Call from a Stranger's producer is recorded as Nunnally Johnson[21]. Its director is recorded as Jean Negulesco[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Nunnally Johnson[5]. Cast members include Gary Merrill[10], Shelley Winters[11], Michael Rennie[12], Keenan Wynn[13], Beatrice Straight[14], and Craig Stevens[15].

Publication

Publication dates include +1952-01-01T00:00:00Z[28] and +1952-02-01T00:00:00Z[29]. Phone Call from a Stranger's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[24]. Genres include drama film[7], film noir[8], and melodrama[9].

Subject and Themes

Phone Call from a Stranger's main subject is recorded as aviation[30].

Why It Matters

Phone Call from a Stranger ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (169 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

Beatrice Straight Bette Davis film Jean Negulesco Netflix Shelley Winters United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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