The Wrong Man

Movie

1956

1h 45m

English

Crime, Drama

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7.2

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In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.

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The Wrong Man

Movie

1956

1h 45m

English

Crime, Drama

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In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.

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Cast

Manny Balestrero

Rose Balestrero

Frank D. O'Connor

Detective Lt. Bowers

Detective Matthews

Tomasini

Mama Balestrero

Ann James

Constance Willis

Betty Todd

Gene Conforti

Olga Conforti

Robert Balestrero

Gregory Balestrero

Daniel

Judge Groat

Miss Dennerly

Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredit...

Charles Aidman

Jail Medical Attendant (uncredited)

Mary Boylan

Curious Deli Customer (uncredited)

Bonnie Franklin

Young Girl (uncredited)

Bernard Herrmann

Stork Club Piano Player (uncredited...

Werner Klemperer

Dr. Bannay (uncredited)

Patricia Morrow

Young Girl (uncredited)

Harry Dean Stanton

Department of Corrections Employee ...

Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock

Written By: Angus MacPhail (Screenplay), Maxwell Anderson (Screenplay), + 1 more

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buddhalou says...

6 years ago

Fan of Hitchcock and a fan of Fonda, but for me, this might be the most overrated film in Hitchcock's oeuvre. I felt no investment in any of the characters, including Fonda's, who spent the entirety of the film with a look of incredulity on his face and no tangible character arc. Cinematography was substandard for a Hitchcock film of this era. Pacing was dreadful. Perhaps worst of all, it strains the limits of willing suspension of disbelief despite being based on a 'true' story.

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soonertbone says...

4 months ago

Plays into common theme for Hitchcock, but honestly all the air is taken out of it by making it a true story, which turns what could have been a suspense picture into a police procedural. Mildly interesting to see a pre-Warren Court glimpse into criminal procedure, but little to recommend it from a film perspective.

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KurtMoney says...

5 years ago

This movie is infuriating I am so fucking pissed at the detectives and all these eye witnesses. You can’t convict a guy on fucking witnesses. You can’t. Fine it’s a movie. I’m not even done watching it and I had to comment now to let off some steam about these yahoo detectives. Arghhhh and u couldn’t even let him tell his fuckin wife he was going downtown?!

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drqshadow

5/10 2 years ago

Alfred Hitchcock opens this film with a shadowy monologue, reminding viewers that truth is often more terrifying than fiction and offering the following as proof. Mostly culled from a real situation, _The Wrong Man_ is the tale of an innocent working-class father who’s railroaded through the legal More

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