The Wrong Man
Summary:
Director Alfred Hitchcock lets us know from the outset that The Wrong Man is a painfully true story and not one of his customary fabricated suspense yarns, through the simple expedient of walking before the camera and telling us as much (this introductory appearance replaced his planned cameo role as a nightclub patron). The real-life protagonist, musican Christopher Emmanuel Balestre... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Henry Fonda - (Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero (Manny))
Vera Miles - (Rose Balestrero)
Anthony Quayle - (Frank O'Connor)
Harold J. Stone - (Lt. Bowers)
Charles Cooper - (Matthews, a detective)
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Review:
Alfred Hitchcock's effort to remain true to fact-based source material is the only thing that prevents this gritty picture from rising above his middle-tier thrillers. Based on a story Hitchcock found in Life magazine, The Wrong Man is a pseudo-documentary version of the director's favorite theme: an innocent man blamed for a crim... Continue >>
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