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The Wrong Man (1956)

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Reviews Counted: 17

Fresh: 15

Rotten:2

Average Rating: 8.2/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A bleak and powerful drama, THE WRONG MAN tells the story of an innocent man accused of a crime committed by a close look-alike. Based on an actual incident reported in Life magazine, the film is... A bleak and powerful drama, THE WRONG MAN tells the story of an innocent man accused of a crime committed by a close look-alike. Based on an actual incident reported in Life magazine, the film is the only documentary-style film Alfred Hitchcock made. THE WRONG MAN presented audiences with a radical change of style after Hitchcock's more lighthearted and conventional productions, such as THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH and TO CATCH A THIEF. The story begins as Manny Balestrero (Henry Fonda) and his wife, Rose (Vera Miles), decide to borrow on her life insurance policy to pay medical bills. But at the insurance office, three employees mistake Manny for a man who robbed them just days earlier. That night, he's arrested and charged with a series of hold-ups, setting in motion an innocent man's desperate attempt to prove his innocence. Fonda gives a strong performance, while Miles powerfully conveys the psychological cost to the accused man's wife. The film features an exceptional musical score by Bernard Hermann. [More]

Starring: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone

Starring: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone, Esther Minciotti, Charles Cooper, Nehemiah Persoff, Laurinda Barrett

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenwriter: Angus MacPhail
Composer: Bernard Herrmann

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11/18/06
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Essentially a crime noir thriller with a twist, Paul McGuigan's film is showy and sharp, whose witty dialogue is delivered with a shrug

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09/24/06
Cole Smithey
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Frighteningly authentic, the story generates only a modicum of drama.

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03/25/06
A.H. Weiler
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Em um de seus trabalhos mais subestimados, Hitchcock cria uma atmosfera angustiante e claustrofóbica a partir de incidentes nada espetaculares, sendo auxiliado pela atuação precisa de Fonda.

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03/05/06
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

One of Hitchcock's underrated great films that never got its proper due, put aside by some critics as merely a minor work.

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01/31/06
Dennis Schwartz
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06/30/05
Emanuel Levy
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Fine if lower keyed Hitchcock with Fonda as wrongly accused man whose life is wrecked.

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06/11/05
Steve Crum
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A standout piece in Hitchcock's oeuvre and a film that richly deserves its place among the filmmaker's greatest works.

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11/08/04
Doug Cummings
Filmjourney

Perhaps the most underrated and least known of Hitchcock's great films.

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09/20/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

In Hitchcock's litany, it ranks as one of the most forgettable works from his mature era.

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09/17/04
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Hitchcock’s shadowy mise-en-scène is given a greater sense of veracity through his use of actual NYC locations.

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09/08/04
Eric Henderson
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Hitch plays it straight in compelling drama.

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04/15/04
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