Noir City, DC: Sorry, Wrong Number

I love Barbra Stanwyck.  I think that she is a fantastic actress and she shares a few traits with Bette Davis and Meryl Streep: being able to see her emotions flash across her face (however briefly) and extremely expressive eyes.   And she was never afraid to try a genre and be great in it.  In the cannon of her best work (think Double Indemnity, Remember The Night, and Stella Dallas), I think that Sorry, Wrong Number belongs as well for the simple reason of she isn't afraid to play an unlikable character.  And trust me she is really unlikable in this movie.  But she never pulls back from playing her character that way.  I feel like the other distinction of this movie, it that is doesn't pull back from the very black soul and nastiness of the movie that had been set in motion throughout.  And in that way, it is kind of awesome.