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The Wrong Man (1956) More at IMDbPro »

Lt. Bowers: An innocent man has nothing to fear, remember that.
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[first lines]
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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Lt. Bowers: How do you explain it?
Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero: I made a mistake.
Lt. Bowers: And so did the hold up man. And it happens to be the same mistake.
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Lt. Bowers: Is your name Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero?
Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero: Yes, it is.
Lt. Bowers: I want to speak with you. We're police officers.
Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero: What about?
Lt. Bowers: We'd like you to come down to the precinct and help us out a little.
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Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero: Tell you what we'll do. This evening, we'll take time for music lessons. Bob'll have a lesson on the piano and Greg on the harmonica.
Gregory Balestrero: Mine first!
Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero: Each lesson will be fifteen minutes, and Greg's...
[phone rings. He picks it up]
Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero: Hello...? Hello, Mother.
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Robert Balestrero: It says here Mozart wrote it when he was 5. So I should be able to play it, I'm 8.
Gregory Balestrero: I'm 5, so I should be able to write it.
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the last caption: And what happened seems like a nightmare to them - but it did happen...
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