Movie
The Wrong Man
Overview
In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
Details
- Release date
- 1956-12-22
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Henry Fonda as Manny Balestrero
- Vera Miles as Rose Balestrero
- Anthony Quayle as Frank D. O'Connor
- Harold J. Stone as Detective Lt. Bowers
- Charles Cooper as Detective Matthews
- John Heldabrand as Tomasini
- Esther Minciotti as Mama Balestrero
- Doreen Lang as Ann James
- Laurinda Barrett as Constance Willis
- Norma Connolly as Betty Todd
- Nehemiah Persoff as Gene Conforti
- Lola D'Annunzio as Olga Conforti
Crew
- Alfred Hitchcock - Director
- Angus MacPhail - Screenplay
- Maxwell Anderson - Screenplay
- Maxwell Anderson - Story
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