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The Wrong Man (1956)

HITCHCOCK'S FIRST REAL-LIFE THRILLER!

7.1(613)1h 45mDecember 22, 1956

Alfred Hitchcock

Director

Angus MacPhail, Maxwell Anderson, Maxwell Anderson

Writers

Rate

Diary

Overview

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

Cast

Henry Fonda

Manny Balestrero

Vera Miles

Rose Balestrero

Anthony Quayle

Frank D. O'Connor

Harold J. Stone

Detective Lt. Bowers

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Charles Cooper

Detective Matthews

John Heldabrand

Tomasini

Esther Minciotti

Mama Balestrero

Doreen Lang

Ann James

Laurinda Barrett

Constance Willis

Norma Connolly

Betty Todd

Nehemiah Persoff

Gene Conforti

Dayton Lummis

Judge Groat

Peggy Webber

Miss Dennerly

Alfred Hitchcock

Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Charles Aidman

Jail Medical Attendant (uncredited)

Mary Boylan

Curious Deli Customer (uncredited)

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Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: December 22, 1956
Budget: $1,200,000
Revenue: $2,000,000
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
Country: United States of America

Keywords

new york cityrobberybased on novel or bookmusicianfalsely accused

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