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23 December 1956 (USA)
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The police were convinced... The witnesses were positive ...Yet he was... THE WRONG MAN more
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True story of an innocent man mistaken for a criminal. full summary | full synopsis
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Henry Fonda | ... | Christopher Emanuel 'Manny' Balestrero |
 | Vera Miles | ... | Rose Balestrero |
 | Anthony Quayle | ... | Frank D. O'Connor |
 | Harold J. Stone | ... | Detective Lt. Bowers |
| 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 | ... | Eugene 'Gene' Conforti |
| Lola D'Annunzio | ... | Olga Conforti, Manny's Sister |
| Kippy Campbell | ... | Robert Balestrero |
| Robert Essen | ... | Gregory Balestrero |
| Richard Robbins | ... | Daniel, the guilty man |
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105 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
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Canada:PG (Ontario) |
UK:A (1957) |
UK:PG (1988) |
Brazil:16 |
Canada:14A (video rating) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U (re-release) |
Peru:14 |
USA:Approved (PCA #18117) |
West Germany:12
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When Manny (Henry Fonda) is taken to prison was filmed in a real prison...as he is led to his cell , you can hear one of the inmates shout, "What'd they get ya for, Henry?" and several of the other prisoners laughing.
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Crew or equipment visible: As Rose is being led up the stairs of the mental treatment facility, the shadow of someone's head appears in the bottom left corner behind the lamp. It seems as though someone walked past a bulb.
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Prologue narrator: This is Alfred Hitchcock speaking. In the past, I have given you many kinds of suspense pictures. But this time, I would like you to see a different one. The difference lies in the fact that this is a true story, every word of it. And yet it contains elements that are stranger than all the fiction that has gone into many of the thrillers that I've made before.
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Prologue narrator: This is Alfred Hitchcock speaking. In the past, I have given you many kinds of suspense pictures. But this time, I would like you to see a different one. The difference lies in the fact that this is a true story, every word of it. And yet it contains elements that are stranger than all the fiction that has gone into many of the thrillers that I've made before.
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Referenced in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
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Based pretty much on the actual events & people of a miscarriage of justice that took place in Queens County, New York in the early 50's. The names of most of the people who took part in the event are unchanged in the movie and the location shots where the actual events took place add a touch of dark realism to the movie. The basic plot revolves around a musician who worked at the world famous Stork Club who was mis-identified by witnesses and arrested because he resembled an armed robber. Hitchcock dwells on the slow descent into helplessness and powerlessness that a citizen endures as he wends his way through the NYC (or any other) criminal justice meat grinder. There are chilling shots of his transport , by paddy wagon, into the Ridgewood Felony court and the Long Island City House of Detention. The lawyer he hired, Frank O'Connor, (his real name) went on to become District Attorney of Queens county and was later heavily involved in the infamous Kitty Genovese case. Not your typical Hitchcock film but one well worth seeing if for no other reason than to see one of Henry Fonda's better performances as the quietly stunned Christopher Emmanuel (Manny) Balestrero who sees his life, career and family endangered by forces he has little control over.