The Wrong Man (1956)
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25 steps down into a subway and for the first time he doesn't come home that night | |
Alfred Hitchcock | |
Alfred Hitchcock Herbert Coleman | |
Angus MacPhail Maxwell Anderson | |
Henry Fonda Vera Miles Anthony Quayle Harold Stone | |
Bernard Herrmann | |
Robert Burks | |
George Tomasini | |
105 minutes | |
colour (Technicolor) | |
mono (RCA Sound System) | |
1.66:1 | |
Warner Brothers | |
Warner Brothers | |
DVD | |
Synopsis
Manny Ballestero is an honest hardworking musician at New York's Stork Club. When his wife needs money for dental treatment, Manny goes to the local insurance office to borrow on her policy. Employees at the office mistake him for a hold-up man who robbed them the year before and the police are called. The film tells the true story of what happened to Manny and his family. (© IMDB)
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Release & Reception
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DVD Releases
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released in 2004
Der Falsche Mann (1956) - Warner Brothers (Germany, 2004) PAL 1.85:1 (anamorphic) | |
The Wrong Man (1956) - Warner Brothers (UK, 2004) PAL 1.78:1 (anamorphic) [01:41:06] | |
The Wrong Man (1956) - Warner Brothers (USA, 2004) NTSC 1.78:1 [01:45:20] |
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Themes
- hero falsely accused of carrying out a series of robberies
- mirrors - Rose cracking the mirror
- the Hitchcock cameo - introducing the film (more details)
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Daniel McCauley - assistant director
Starring:
- Henry Fonda - Manny Balestrero
- Vera Miles - Rose Balestrero
- Anthony Quayle - Frank O'Connor
- Harold Stone - Lieutenant Bowers
- John Heldabrand - Tomasini
- Doreen Lang - Ann James
- Norma Connolly - Betty Todd
- Lola D'Annunzio - Olga Conforti
- Robert Essen - Gregory Balestrero
- Dayton Lummis - Judge Groat
- Charles Cooper - Detective Matthews
- Esther Minciotti - Mama Balestrero
- Laurinda Barrett - Constance Willis
- Nehemiah Persoff - Gene Conforti
- Kippy Campbell - Robert Balestrero
- Richard Robbins - Daniell
- Peggy Webber - Miss Dennerly
Produced by:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Herbert Coleman - associate producer
Written by:
- Angus MacPhail
- Maxwell Anderson - original novel ("The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero")
Photographed by:
Edited by:
Music by:
Production Design by:
- Paul Sylbert - art director
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1950s | Stage Fright · Strangers on a Train · I Confess · Dial M for Murder · Rear Window · To Catch a Thief · The Trouble with Harry · The Man Who Knew Too Much · The Wrong Man · Vertigo · North by Northwest |
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