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Sorry, Wrong Number

Suspense · November 18, 1948 · 29 min · 4,144 words

The transcript of “Sorry, Wrong Number”, an episode of Suspense first broadcast November 18, 1948. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Suspense plays Suspense free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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In just a moment, AutoLite presents suspense, starring Ms. Agnes Moorehead in radio's most famous play, Sorry, Wrong Number. See, Harlow, have you seen State's football team? They're terrific. Speaking of terrific teams, hap, my friend, the one that ignition engineered those AutoLite resistor spark plugs is tops.

You know, the AutoLite people got together with many of the nation's leading car and truck manufacturers, and they ignition engineered a 10,000-ohm resistor right into the AutoLite Spark plug that permits a wider Spark gap setting and maintains it far longer than was ever possible before.

You know what that means to your car? Smooth. That's the word for State's football team. Smooth. Right you are smooth. Thanks to the wide gap, AutoLite Resistor Spark plugs help your engine idle smooth as silk.

And that's only one of the simple-sound, solid, splendid advantages of those sensational auto-light resistors spark plugs. I'm gonna don't know if you changed to the nose. Sure have, have. You're not going to hear one more word out of me till we've heard the whole suspense show.

No? No middle commercial tonight, hap. Auto-light doesn't want us to interrupt Agnes Morehead's performance in that famous drama, Sorry Wrong Number. Okay, Harlow, let's hear suspense. So spend, auto-light, and it's 60,000 dealers and service stations bring you radios outstanding theatre of thrills. Starring tonight, Ms. Agnes Moorhead, in Anton Lieder's production of Lucille Fletcher's famous suspense play, Sorry, Wrong Number, a tale well calculated

to keep you in, Sos Spain. Oh dear, you are cold please. Operator, I've been dialing Murray Hill 40098 now for the last three quarters of an hour and the line is always busy. I don't see how I could be busy that long will you try it for me please?

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