The Wrong Man
- Original title
- The Wrong Man
- Year
- 1956
- Running time
- 105 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Henry Fonda
- Vera Miles
- Anthony Quayle
- Harold J. Stone
- Nehemiah Persoff
- Charles Cooper
- Richard Robbins
- Tuesday Weld
- José Campayo
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- Music
- Cinematography
Robert Burks (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Mystery. Drama. Film noir | Based on a true story
- Synopsis
- Manny Ballestero (Henry Fonda) is an honest hardworking musician at New York's Stork Club. When his wife needs money for dental treatment, Manny goes to the local insurance office to borrow on her policy. Employees at the office mistake him for a hold-up man who robbed them the year before and the police are called. The film tells the true story of what happened to Manny and his family.
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- Critics' reviews
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"The picture has an almost Kafkaesque nightmare realism to it, but the story line wanders diffusely instead of tightening, and the developments become tedious"
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