The Wrong Man (1956)


The Wrong Man
Release Date22 December 1956
Budget$1,000,000
GenreFilm-Noir, Drama, Crime
CountryUSA
Filming Locations5th Avenue subway station, New York City, New York, USA
LanguageEnglish, Italian, Spanish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White

The Wrong Man is a 1956 film by Alfred Hitchcock which stars Henry Fonda and Vera Miles. The film is based on a true story of an innocent man charged for a crime he did not commit. The story was based on the book The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero by Maxwell Anderson and the article "A Case of Identity" (Life magazine, June 29, 1953) by Herbert Brean.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Christopher Emanuel 'Manny' Balestrero

Rose Balestrero

Frank D. O'Connor

Harold J. Stone
Detective Lt. Bowers

Charles Cooper
Detective Matthews

John Heldabrand
Tomasini

Esther Minciotti
Mama Balestrero

Doreen Lang
Ann James

Laurinda Barrett
Constance Willis

Norma Connolly
Betty Todd

Eugene 'Gene' Conforti

Lola D'Annunzio
Olga Conforti, Manny's Sister

Kippy Campbell
Robert Balestrero

Robert Essen
Gregory Balestrero

Richard Robbins
Daniel, the guilty man

Dayton Lummis
Judge Groat

Miss Dennerly

Barry Atwater
Mr. Bishop

Alexander Lockwood
Emmerton

Sammy Armaro
Suspect

Michael Ann Barrett
Mrs. Daily

John C. Becher
Liquor store proprietor

Prisoner at Arraignment Hearing

Harold Berman
Court stenographer

Mary Boylan
Curious customer

Paul Bryar
Interrogation officer

Ed Bryce
Court officer

John Caler
Soldier

Leonard Capone
Court Clerk

Paul Carr
Young man

Gordon B. Clarke
Police attendant

William Crane
Juror

Spencer Davis
Prisoner's lawyer

M'el Dowd
Nurse

Josef Draper
Juror

Richard Durham
Department of Corrections employee

Olga Fabian
Mrs. Mank

Young girl

Chris Gampel
Department of Corrections employee

Earl George
Delicatessen proprietor

Charles J. Guiotta
Court officer

Cherry Hardy
Waving woman

Will Hare
Raymond McKaba, O'Connor's law partner

Rhodelle Heller
Stork Club customer

Prologue narrator

Police lieutenant from 110th Precinct

Anna Karen
Miss Duffield

Mike Keene
Department of Corrections employee

Dr. Bannay

Walter Kohler
Manny's Felony Court Attorney

William LeMassena
Sang

Maurice Manson
District Attorney John Hall

Marc May
Tomasini's assistant

John McKee
Police Turnkey

Dallas Midgette
Customer at Bickford's

Silvio Minciotti
Mr. Balestrero

Patricia Morrow
Young girl

Daniel Ocko
Felony Court judge

Natalie Priest
Delicatessen proprietor's wife

Allan Ray
Suspect

Mrs. O'Connor

Maria Reid
Spanish woman

Rossana San Marco
Mrs. Ferraro

Spanish woman

Frank Schofield
Department of Corrections employee

Elizabeth Scott
Waving woman

Helen Shields
Receptionist

Otto Simánek
Mr. Mank

Oliver Stacey
Stork Club customer

John Stephen
Stork Club customer

Dino Tarronova
Minor Role

Dan Terranova
Mr. Ferraro

Mr. Wendon

John Truax
Suspect

Don Turner
Detective

John Vivyan
Detective Holman

Maurice Wells
Department of Corrections employee

Director

Writer

Angus MacPhail

Producer

Herbert Coleman
associate producer

producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Robert Burks
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Editor

Art Director

Paul Sylbert
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Set Decorator

William L. Kuehl
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Makeup Department

Gordon Bau
makeup supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Daniel McCauley
assistant director

Sound Department

Earl Crain Sr.
sound

Stunts

Lucky Kargo
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Frank J. Calabria
additional photographer

Other Crew

George Groves
technical advisor

Frank D. O'Connor
technical advisor

Thanks

grateful acknowledgment

Production Company

Warner Bros. Pictures
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Distributor

Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

Sociedade Importadora de Filmes (SIF)

Warner Home Video
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Action Gitanes

Warner Home Video
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Miscellaneous

Department of Commerce and Public Events, City of New York
co-operation






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Alfred Hitchcock filmography
Blackmail (1929)
Bon Voyage (1944)
Champagne (1928)
Easy Virtue (1928)
Family Plot (1976)
Frenzy (1972)
High Anxiety (1977)
I Confess (1953)
Jamaica Inn (1939)
Marnie (1964)
Murder! (1930)
Notorious (1946)
Number 13 (1922)
Number 17 (1932)
Psycho (1960)
Rear Window (1954)
Rebecca (1940)
Rope (1948)
Sabotage (1936)
Saboteur (1942)
Secret Agent (1936)
Spellbound (1945)
Stage Fright (1950)
Suspicion (1941)
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Birds (1963)
The Manxman (1929)
The Ring (1927)