Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
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Directors
Jean Negulesco
Cast
Gary Merrill, Shelley Winters, Michael Rennie, Keenan Wynn, Evelyn Varden, Warren Stevens
The story
After his wife Jane (Helen Westcott) admits to an extramarital affair, Iowa attorney David Trask (Gary Merrill) abandons her and their daughters and heads for Los Angeles. His flight is delayed, and while waiting in the airport restaurant he meets a few of his fellow passengers. Troubled alcoholic Dr.
Genres
Drama, drama film, film noir, melodrama
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