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Plot. Alfred Hitchcock (or a double; he is in silhouette) appears on screen to tell the audience that the film's "every word is true". Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero, a down-on-his-luck musician at New York City 's Stork Club, needs $300 for dental work for his wife Rose.
The Wrong Man is a 1956 American docudrama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Henry Fonda and Vera Miles. The film was drawn from the true story of an innocent man charged with a crime, as described in the book The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero by Maxwell Anderson and...
10 lis 2010 · November 10, 2010. In mid-1955 while in production on the re-make of The Man Who Knew Too Much for Paramount Pictures, Alfred Hitchcock began planning a film that would be a dramatic departure from the up-beat Technicolor productions he made since leaving Warner Brothers two years earlier.
Synopsis. Manny Ballestero is an honest hardworking musician at New York's Stork Club. When his wife needs money for dental treatment, Manny goes to the local insurance office to borrow on her policy. Employees at the office mistake him for a hold-up man who robbed them the year before and the police are called.
SYNOPSIS. To begin the film, Hitchcock himself—albeit in silhouette—promises the audience that “every word is true” and sets the stage. The narrative follows the true story of Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero, a struggling musician in New York City, desperate for $300 to cover his wife Rose's dental expenses.
The Wrong Man is a 1956 American docudrama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Henry Fonda and Vera Miles. The film was drawn from the true story of an innocent man charged with a crime, as described in the book, The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero by Maxwell Anderson, and in the magazine article, "A Case of Identity ...
Synopsis. A man suspected of armed robbery is doubted by everyone, including his devoted wife. Cast. Henry Fonda. Vera Miles. Background Information. The only film of Alfred Hitchcock that is based on a true story.
