The Wrong Man (1956)

Voti degli utenti:

7.5/10   

Regista:

Alfred Hitchcock

Scrittori:

Maxwell Anderson (screenplay) and
Angus MacPhail (screenplay) ...

Data di uscita:

23 dicembre 1956 (USA)

Genere:

Crimine | Film-Noir | Mystery

Slogan:

"I found a real-life story more terrifying than any fiction... this is it!" Alfred Hitchcock

Plot:

True story of an innocent man mistaken for a criminal.

Plot Keywords:

Musician | Robbery | Insurance | Trial | Nervous Breakdown

Recensioni degli utenti:

A Very Sad Drama Based on a True Story

Cast

Henry Fonda	...	Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero
Vera Miles	...	Rose Balestrero
Anthony Quayle	...	Frank D. O'Connor
Harold J. Stone	...	Det. Lt. Bowers
Charles Cooper	...	Det. Matthews
John Heldabrand	...	Tomasini
Esther Minciotti	...	Mama Balestrero
Doreen Lang	...	Ann James
Laurinda Barrett	...	Constance Willis
Norma Connolly	...	Betty Todd
Nehemiah Persoff	...	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

Alias:

Il ladro (Italy) [it]

Durata:

105 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese | Italiano | Spagnolo

Colore:

Bianco e nero

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sonoro:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Divieti:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | UK:A (1957) | UK:PG (1988) | Brazil:16 | Canada:14A (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:U (re-release) | Peru:14 | USA:Approved (PCA #18117) | West Germany:12

Luoghi riprese:

5th Avenue subway station, New York City, New York, USA

Compagnia:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Curiosità:

Although based on a true story, Alfred Hitchcock deliberately left out some of the information that pointed to Manny's innocence to heighten the tension.

Errori:

Errori commessi da personaggi (possibili errori deliberatamente inseriti dai cineasti): When Manny enters prison, a prisoner shouts "What'd they get you for, Henry?", using the actor's name, Henry Fonda.

Citazioni:

[first lines]
Prologue narrator: This is Alfred Hitchcock speaking. In the past, I have given you many kinds of suspense pictures. But this time, I would like you to see a different one. The difference lies in the fact that this is a true story, every word of it. And yet it contains elements that are stranger than all the fiction that has gone into many of the thrillers that I've made before.

Collegamenti:

Citato in Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' (2000) (V)

A Very Sad Drama Based on a True Story

In New York, the Catholic Italian musician of the Stork Club Christopher Emanuel "Manny" Balestrero (Henry Fonda) is a simple man, married with his beloved wife Rose (Vera Miles) and having two sons. On 14 January 1953, his wife needs an expensive teeth treatment, and Manny goes to the insurance company, trying to raise a loan. However, he is wrongly identified by a clerk as the man who robbed the place twice, being arrested and sent to jail. His friends pay the bail and he tries to prove his innocence. Meanwhile, Rose has a nervous breakdown, caused by her mistrust on his innocence, and is sent to an institution for treatment.

"The Wrong Man" is a very sad and touching story of the injustice against an innocent man, affecting the health of his family. Henry Fonda is amazing in the role of an ordinary man, who accepts passively the situations, believing on God and praying for strength and justice. Vera Miles is fantastic in the role of a wife who believe she has part of the guilty for the action of her beloved husband. This movie was filmed in many authentic locations, and is a very different work of Alfred Hitchcock. Maybe due to the theme be so serious, Hitchcock appears only introducing of the story, and does not have any other small participations as he usually does in his movies. The black and white photography, with shadows, and the score of Bernard Herrmann, complete the magnificence of this great underrated movie. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "O Homem Errado" ("The Wrong Man")