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OverviewAI-generated
The Wrong Man is a 1956 drama film, film noir, trial film and crime film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, written by Maxwell Anderson and Angus MacPhail. It stars Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle and Harold J. Stone, with Robert Burks as director of photography, George Tomasini as film editor, Bernard Herrmann as composer and Paul Sylbert as production designer. Produced in the United States by Warner Bros. Entertainment and filmed in black-and-white in New York City, including Jackson Heights, it runs 101 minutes. The film has been assessed using the Bechdel test and is distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix.
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7.1In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
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
- musician
- falsely accused
- innocence
- black and white
- insurance
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Screenplay by
- Maxwell Anderson , Angus MacPhail
- Based on
- The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero , by Maxwell Anderson
- Produced by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Starring
- Henry Fonda , Vera Miles
- Cinematography
- Robert Burks
- Edited by
- George Tomasini
- Music by
- Bernard Herrmann
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release date
- December 22, 1956 ( 1956-12-22 ) (US)
- Running time
- 105 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1.2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Screenwriter
- Angus MacPhail
- Cast member
- Dayton Lummis
- Composer
- Bernard Herrmann
- Producer
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Robert Burks
- Narrative location
- Jackson Heights
- Filming location
- New York City
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 477570
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- The-Wrong-Man-poster.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Wrong Man (film)
- publication date
- 1957-01-26
- film editor
- George Tomasini
- title
- The Wrong Man
- production designer
- Paul Sylbert
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 83/100
- capital cost
- 1200000
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Encyclopedic overview
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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