The Wrong Man was so unusual compared to his other works that they felt compelled to have a foreword by Hitchcock himself: It is a film adaptation of real events. We have the usual sense of sympathy for the protagonist, but the movie is relatively low-key for long stretches. Very strong performance from Henry Fonda, and terrific photography from Hitchcock’s long-term cinematographer Robert Burks.

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#OnThisDay, January 14, in 1951, Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero, a musician at the Stork Club in New York City, was arrested in a case of mistaken identity & charged with armed robbery of an insurance office (depicted in The Wrong Man, 1957, dir. Alfred Hitchcock)

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