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- Spoiler-filled synopsis: Katie Wiederman receives an unsettling, incomprehensible phone call from somebody seemingly trying to either plead for help or warn her about something. The phone calls starts a chain of events that ends with Katie’s husband Bill’s death of a heart attack.
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Plot summary. Katie Weiderman is talking to her sister on the phone one night. Her husband, Bill, a famous horror novel writer, is in his study trying to find inspiration for a new novel. Her children are arguing about whether or not to watch Ghost Kiss, a gory TV adaptation of Bill's earlier novel. Katie receives a second phone call.
"Sorry, Right Number" is the ninth episode of the fourth season of Tales from the Darkside, airing on CBS on 22 November 1987. The episode was written by Stephen King, and the teleplay was later included in his collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes. One night, while the children are arguing...
Sorry, Right Number: Directed by John Harrison. With Deborah Harmon, Arthur Taxier, Rhonda Dotson, Katherine Britton. A woman is troubled by a mysterious phone call and tries desperately to help the person on the other end of the line.
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- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- John Harrison
- 1987-11-22
Once Connie leaves, Katie convinces herself the caller was her youngest sister Dawn; she calls, but Dawn’s number is busy. She has Bill contact AT&T to break through to her line, but the operator (who is a fan of Weiderman’s work) informs him the line is off the hook.
Plot summary. Katie Weiderman is talking to her sister on the phone one night. Her husband, Bill, a famous horror novel writer, is in his study trying to find inspiration for a new novel. Her children are arguing about whether or not to watch Ghost Kiss, a gory TV adaptation of Bill's earlier novel. Katie receives a second phone call.
- Stephen King
- Science fiction, Drama
- United States
- English
Sorry, Right Number. Katie Weiderman (Deborah Harmon), the wife of critically acclaimed horror novelist William Weiderman (Arthur Taxier), receives a peculiar phone call on a seemingly ordinary night while talking to a friend.
Nov 22, 1987 · Combining paranormal implications with a poignant twist, “Sorry, Right Number” is a powerful entry of Tales from the Darkside. Series enthusiasts will therefore appreciate this episode, which carries the unique style of a typical King novel. Overall Quality: 8/10.
