Lucille Fletcher

Lucille Fletcher

Violet Lucille Fletcher (March 28, 1912 — August 31, 2000) was an American screenwriter of film, radio and television. Her credits include The Hitch-Hiker, an original radio play written for Orson Welles and adapted for a notable episode of The Twilight Zone television series. Lucille Fletcher also wrote Sorry, Wrong Number, one of the most celebrated suspense plays in the history of American radio, which she adapted and expanded for the film noir classic Sorry, Wrong Number (1948).

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