The Wrong Man (1956)
- Directed by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, docudrama, crime film, trial film, crime drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 617 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An innocent man is mistaken for a violent criminal and arrested. As he tries to prove his innocence, the ordeal puts a severe strain on his family.
slow-burntensemelancholicbleakanxiety-inducinggrittydocudrama feelrestrained
What happens
The Wrong Man is a 1956 American docudrama film noir 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", which was published in Life magazine in June 1953 by Herbert Brean. It is recognized as the only Hitchcock film based on a true story and whose plot closely follows the real-life events. The Wrong Man had a notable effect on two significant directors: it prompted Jean-Luc Godard's longest piece of written criticism in his years as a critic, and it has been cited as an influence on Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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