Country:United States
Runtime:105 min
Released:15 Feb 1952
Plot: Phone Call from a Stranger 1952 On a flight from Chicago to Los Angeles, lawyer David Trask befriends three of his fellow passengers while one technical issue after another lead to unscheduled stops and delays The other three are physician Dr Robert Fortness, a struggling actress with the stage name Binky Gay, and loud mouthed salesman Eddie Hoke, who is both quick with a joke and quick to show off a photograph of his beautiful wife, Marie Two of them confess to David having painful reckonings waiting for them in Los Angeles Dr Fortness, an alcoholic, is returning to own up to his responsibility for a car accident in which his friend and two others were killed, and his guilt over letting his wife Claire lie for him, which destroyed their marriage and alienated his son Binky, who has tried and failed to realize success on the New York stage for the past year, is returning to her husband, Mike Carr, hoping to keep his affection despite his overbearing mother, former vaudeville star Sally Carr, who still basks in her former but no longer shining glory, and who resents Binky as competition on and off stage David feels compelled to help their families come to terms with their losses, especially in the case of Dr Fortness, who hired David as his attorney Each case is different The doctors wife and son need to face the truth Binkys mother in law thinks she knows everything and wont let David get a word in edgewise, so he fools her into thinking that Binky had been successful in New York, only discussing the truth with her husband Meeting Eddies widow, David finds that she has more comfort to give him than he has for her Maries reminiscence about her marriage to Eddie causes David to reflect on his own marriage, leading him to make a decision
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