The Wrong Man
HITCHCOCK'S FIRST REAL-LIFE THRILLER!
7.1(619) 1956-12-22 105 minCrimeDrama
In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
ScreenplayAngus MacPhail
DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
ScreenplayMaxwell Anderson
Original Music ComposerBernard Herrmann
ProducerAlfred Hitchcock
Cast & characters
Henry Fonda
as Manny Balestrero
Vera Miles
as Rose Balestrero
Anthony Quayle
as Frank D. O'Connor
Harold J. Stone
as . Bowers
Charles Cooper
as 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
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Lola D'Annunzio
as Olga Conforti
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Kippy Campbell
as Robert Balestrero
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Robert Essen
as Gregory Balestrero
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Richard Robbins
as Daniel
Dayton Lummis
as Judge Groat
Peggy Webber
as Miss Dennerly
Alfred Hitchcock
as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Charles Aidman
as Jail Medical Attendant (uncredited)
Mary Boylan
as Curious Deli Customer (uncredited)
Bonnie Franklin
as Young Girl (uncredited)
Bernard Herrmann
as Stork Club Piano Player (uncredited)
Werner Klemperer
as Dr. Bannay (uncredited)
Patricia Morrow
as Young Girl (uncredited)
