The Wrong Man
“HITCHCOCK'S FIRST REAL-LIFE THRILLER!”
In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
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Cast
38 people
Henry Fonda
Manny Balestrero
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Grapes of Wrath
Vera Miles
Rose Balestrero
Known for
Psycho
The Searchers
Anthony Quayle
Frank D. O'Connor
Known for
Lawrence of Arabia
The Bourne Identity
Harold J. Stone
. Bowers
Known for
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Spartacus
Charles Cooper
Matthews
Known for
Blind Fury
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
John Heldabrand
Tomasini
Known for
On the Waterfront
Esther Minciotti
Mama Balestrero
Known for
Marty
House of Strangers
Doreen Lang
Ann James
Known for
The Birds
Almost an Angel
Laurinda Barrett
Constance Willis
Known for
A Perfect Murder
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Norma Connolly
Betty Todd
Known for
The Other
Ransom for a Dead Man
Nehemiah Persoff
Gene Conforti
Known for
An American Tail
Some Like It Hot
Lola D'Annunzio
Olga Conforti
No other roles listed
Alfred Hitchcock Director · Maxwell Anderson Screenplay Angus MacPhail Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2M · Budget $1.2M · United States release December 22, 1956
Box office
Budget
$1,200,000
Worldwide gross
$2,000,000
Gross vs. budget
1.7×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian · Spanish
Release dates
United States · December 13, 1956
Premiere · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
United States · December 22, 1956
Theatrical
United States
December 23, 1956 · Limited theatrical · Los Angeles, California
January 26, 1957 · Theatrical
Austria
September 6, 1957 · Theatrical
Brazil
November 4, 2004 · Physical
Denmark
March 12, 1959 · Theatrical
Finland
October 11, 1957 · Theatrical
France
April 24, 1957 · Theatrical
Germany
August 2, 1957 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 31, 1957 · Theatrical
Italy
April 20, 1957 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 3, 1958 · Theatrical
May 7, 2002 · TV · Nederland 3
Portugal
October 15, 1957 · Theatrical
Sweden
December 22, 1956 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 23, 1957 · Theatrical
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