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The Wrong Man
Also known as Wrong Man
1956 film by Alfred Hitchcock
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7.1In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
Released: 1956-12-22105 minDir: Alfred HitchcockCrime, DramaBudget: $1.2MBox office: $2.0M
Cast
- Henry Fonda as Manny Balestrero
- Vera Miles as Rose Balestrero
- Anthony Quayle as Frank D. O'Connor
- Harold J. Stone as Detective Lt. Bowers
- Charles Cooper as Detective Matthews
- John Heldabrand as Tomasini
Themes
- new york city
- robbery
- based on novel or book
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The Wrong Man is a 1956 American docudrama film noir directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Henry Fonda and Vera Miles. The film was drawn from the true story of an innocent man charged with a crime, as described in the book The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero by Maxwell Anderson and in the magazine article "A Case of Identity", which was published in Life magazine in June 1953 by Herbert Brean.
It is recognized as the only Hitchcock film based on a true story and whose plot closely follows the real-life events.
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1956 American films1956 crime drama films1956 English-language films1956 filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican courtroom filmsAmerican crime drama filmsCrime drama films based on actual eventsCrime films based on actual eventsEnglish-language crime drama filmsFilm noirFilms about miscarriage of justice