I watched a number of movies on TCM lately and noticed various
> telephone dialing patterns.... In some scenes seven digits were
> dialed, but in others only five ...
Or only four. I don't remember the name of the movie, but phone number
6258 is important. The wife tries to call her husband at his workplace (a school) by dialing the school PBX; he's not there, but the school operator says he's at 6258. Wife then dials 6258, and a strange female voice answers. Wife hangs up without saying anything. Plot thickens. (Any yeah, I don't remember the name of the movie, even though I remember the phone number, and how it figured into the plot.)
Neal McLain
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: But, please remember that in smaller towns with only one phone exchange (example 620-331) oftn times we only orally give the last four digits when speaking with someone, although we are required to dial all seven to make a call. PAT]