Henry Fonda
Manny Balestrero
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Henry Fonda stars as an innocent man mistaken for a robber and arrested in this drama based on a real-life case. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this film-noir classic.
- (31K)
- Drama, Film-Noir
- Alfred Hitchcock
- 1957-01-26
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 [2] [3] and in the magazine article "A Case of ...
- $1.2 million
- Bernard Herrmann
- Alfred Hitchcock
Feb 17, 2016 · Based on a true event, the 1956 film follows a man falsely accused of a series of robberies and his wife's mental breakdown. Hitchcock uses his signature style and realism to create a gripping and haunting portrait of a nightmare ordeal.
Watch the 1956 docudrama based on a true story of an innocent man charged with a crime, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Henry Fonda and Vera Miles. The film is one of the few Hitchcock films based on a true story and influenced by Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver.
- 105 min
- 5.1K
- Dancing Doris
The Wrong Man. Jump to Edit. Summaries. In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber. Christopher Emanuel Balestrero, "Manny" to his friends, is a string bassist, a devoted husband and father, and a practicing Catholic.
When he tries to borrow money from their insurance policy, someone at the office mistakes him for a man who had robbed them twice at gunpoint. After Manny is arrested, his defense attorney, Frank...
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- Crime, Drama
