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The Wrong Man

1956 ★ 101 min
Starring: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Maxwell Anderson, Angus MacPhail
Producer: Herbert Coleman, Alfred Hitchcock

The Wrong Man is a 1956 American docudrama film noir directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Henry Fonda and Vera Miles.

Trivia

  • A Hitchcock cameo is typical of most of his films.
  • In The Wrong Man, he appears only in silhouette in a darkened studio before the credits at the beginning of the film, announcing that the story is true; he originally intended to be seen as a customer walking into the Stork Club, but edited himself from the final print.
  • Hitchcock strove to lend the film a “documentary” style and chose to revisit and film in many locations from Balestrero’s real story, even going so far as to include people present in his life at the time.

Filming Locations

  • New York City
  • Many scenes were filmed in Jackson Heights, the neighborhood where Manny lived when he was accused.
  • Most of the prison scenes were filmed among the convicts in a New York City prison in Queens.

Previous Showings

9 Runs • 7 Festivals

8,119 tickets sold

Original Billings: 1 run (February 6, 1957)

Original Run: February 6, 1957 (Wednesday - Tuesday)

All runs on record (9):

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