The opening scene of a telephone switchboard was shot on location at a telephone office on Gower Street in Hollywood.

Director Anatole Litvak first arrived in Hollywood in 1936 after several years of making movies in Europe, primarily in Germany, France, Russia and England. His first American film was the sophisticated comedy Tovarich (1937) starring Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer and he would go on to work with such major stars as Bette Davis, Edward G. Robinson, Merle Oberon and Olivia de Havilland. In 1949 he received a Best Director Oscar nomination for The Snake Pit (1948).

Reputedly, whenever Anatole Litvak and Burt Lancaster would clash over how a scene should be played in Sorry, Wrong Number, Lancaster would always say, "OK, let's leave it up to the studio: Either you leave or I leave and who the fu*k do you think is gonna be out?" - meaning Litvak would get the boot since Lancaster was now an established star.

For Sorry, Wrong Number, Barbara Stanwyck received her fourth Best Actress Oscar nomination but lost again - this time to her friend Jane Wyman. At a post-celebration party, she reportedly said, "If I get nominated next year, they'll have to give me the door prize, won't they? At least the bride should throw me the bouquet."

1948 was a busy year for Burt Lancaster. Not only was he pursuing film projects for his own production company with Ben Hecht - Norma Productions, but after completing Sorry, Wrong Number, he immediately followed it with roles in Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948) and Criss Cross (1949).

Not all critics approved of Lancaster's playing against type in Sorry, Wrong Number. Cue magazine, for instance, judged his performance "adequate but not remarkably successful" but Lancaster would continue to make offbeat choices in film such as his power-wielding gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker in Sweet Smell of Success (1957) and his none-too-bright Italian truck driver in The Rose Tattoo (1955).

The same year he made Sorry, Wrong Number, Lancaster turned down a chance to star opposite Bette Davis in Winter Meeting (1948) because he thought the script was inferior; the role would go to Jim Davis instead.

Famous Quotes from SORRY, WRONG NUMBER

"You can't live on dreams forever. Waiting only weakens you and your dream. My motto is: 'If you want something, get it now!'" – Henry Stevenson (Burt Lancaster)

"I want you to do something. I want you to get yourself out of the bed, and get over to the window and scream as loud as you can. Otherwise you only have another three minutes to live." – Henry to Leona (Barbara Stanwyck)

Compiled by Andrea Passafiume & Jeff Stafford