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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
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 477570
- Image
- The-Wrong-Man-poster.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Wrong Man (film)
- publication date
- 1957-01-26
- title
- The Wrong Man
- review score
- 83/100
- capital cost
- 1200000
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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.