| The Wrong Man | |
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| Directed by | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Screenplay by | Maxwell Anderson Angus MacPhail |
| Based on | The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero by Maxwell Anderson |
| Produced by | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Starring | Henry Fonda Vera Miles |
| Cinematography | Robert Burks |
| Edited by | George Tomasini |
| Music by | Bernard Herrmann |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.2 million[1] |
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[2][3] and in the magazine article "A Case of Identity", which was published in Life magazine in June 1953 by Herbert Brean.[4]
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,[5][6] and it has been cited as an influence on Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver.[7]
- ^ Billheimer, John (2019). Hitchcock and the Censors. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. p. 214. ISBN 978-0813177410.
- ^ Harris, R.A.; Lasky, M.S. (2002). The Complete Films of Alfred Hitchcock. Citadel. ISBN 9780806524276 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Wrong Man". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ^ Brean, Herbert (June 29, 1953). "A Case of Identity". Life. Vol. 34, no. 26. pp. 97–100, 102, 104, 107. ISSN 0024-3019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Godard on Godard (translated by Tom Milne, Da Capo Press)
- ^ Kenny, Glenn (February 17, 2016). ""The Wrong Man": Hitchcock's Least "Fun" Movie Is Also One Of His Greatest". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ Christie, Ian; Thompson, David, eds. (1989). Scorsese on Scorsese. Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0571141036.