Rent The Wrong Man (1956)
3.8 of 5 from 110 ratings
1h 41min
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- Synopsis:
"The Wrong Man" is like and unlike any other Alfred Hitchcock movie. The story packs tension, the images are spellbinding and the dilemma genuinely frightening. But this time the master of suspense dramatizes the harrowing true experiences of a man tried for crimes committed by a lookalike robber. Henry Fonda plays musician Manny Balestrero, a man full of visible but unspoken rage at his wrongful arrest. Vera Miles is his distraught wife Rose, driven to madness by the ordeal. And the right man to bring the unsettling facts of the case to vivid screen life with documentary precision is Hitchcock. He made New York City a star of the film and cast real-life Balestrero case witnesses in small roles. He shot in many actual locations, among them the Stork Club, Manny's jail cell and Rose's sanitarium. - Actors:
- Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone, Charles Cooper, John Heldabrand, Esther Minciotti, Doreen Lang, Laurinda Barrett, Norma Connolly, Nehemiah Persoff, Lola D'Annunzio, Kippy Campbell, Robert Essen, Richard Robbins, Dayton Lummis, Peggy Webber, Charles Aidman, Sammy Armaro, Michael Ann Barrett
- Directors:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Producers:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Voiced By:
- Frances Reid
- Narrated By:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Writers:
- Maxwell Anderson, Angus MacPhail
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 11/06/2018
- Run Time:
- 105 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, French Dolby Digital 2.0, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0
- Subtitles:
- Castillian, Czech, English Hard of Hearing, French, Latin American Spanish, Polish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Making-Of Documentary
- Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'
- Original Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (2) of The Wrong Man
Good for psychologists - The Wrong Man review by JD
Henry Fonda is an actor I had heard of but never watched. He justifies his impressive reputation. The importance of this film however for me is showing the gullibility of the mind, in that once guilt has been ascribed its removal is difficult and that some are keener to scrutinise the decision than others. The other area of psychology explored is guilt absorbed by others. A strangely common phenomenon, but in this case to extreme effect. Vera Miles tries I think too hard to be a glamour actress in a role demanding much more, but just about brings off the point of the plot.
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Hitchcock Realism. - The Wrong Man review by Steve
Stunning crime drama in which in some ways hardly looks like an Alfred Hitchcock film at all. It feels more in accord with the wave of b&w vérité which swept American cinema in the '50s in the wake of Italian neorealism. The premise of the innocent man accused of crime is classic Hitch, but this is much more naturalistic.
During the opening credits at Stork Club, a woman suddenly looks into the camera, to stress that this is intended to look like a documentary and a long, long way from the Hitchworld of spectacular set pieces and sexual innuendo with an icy blonde on a speeding train. He then throws in some jump cuts, to show his style is up to date.
Henry Fonda plays a musician at the club, wrongly accused of robbery by a negligent and mediocre judicial system. And his life and marriage fall apart. Fonda and Vera Miles give deeper performances than we expect from Hitch. And Robert Burks photographs New York on location- in that realistic Weegee style- at least as well as anyone else in the period.
Hitchcock introduces the film personally to emphasise this is a true story. There are familiar themes of guilt, mental instability and the imperfection of justice, and it's as suspenseful as his thrillers. But this is different. Instead of a MacGuffin, we get social realism. This is Hitchcock goes New Wave. And he succeeds completely.
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