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The Wrong Man

1956·105 min

The Wrong Man

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

CrimeDrama

In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.

Cast

Manny Balestrero

Rose Balestrero

Frank D. O'Connor

Harold J. Stone

Detective Lt. Bowers

Crew

Maxwell Anderson

Screenplay

Screenplay

Director of Photography

Bernard Herrmann

Original Music Composer

Alfred Hitchcock

Producer

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Charles Cooper

Detective Matthews

John Heldabrand

Tomasini

Esther Minciotti

Mama Balestrero

Ann James

Laurinda Barrett

Constance Willis

Betty Todd

Nehemiah Persoff

Gene Conforti

Lola D'Annunzio

Olga Conforti

Robert Balestrero

Gregory Balestrero

Richard Robbins

Daniel

Judge Groat

Miss Dennerly

Alfred Hitchcock

Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Jail Medical Attendant (uncredited)

Curious Deli Customer (uncredited)

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The Wrong Man (1956) is about in 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.

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Alfred Hitchcock directed The Wrong Man (1956).

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