In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe scene where Manny (Henry Fonda) is taken to prison was filmed in a real prison. As he is led to his cell, one of the inmates can be heard to yell out, "What'd they get ya for, Henry??", and a bunch of the other prisoners laugh.
- GoofsWhen Manny (Henry Fonda) enters prison, a prisoner shouts "What'd they get you for, Henry?", using the actor's name.
- Quotes
[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.
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Le contrôle de l'univers (1999)
Henry Fonda and Vera Miles play a factual ordinary couple whose lives are thrown into turmoil when the police confuse the husband with a man who has been committing a series of robberies. The first part of the movie concentrates on the nightmare he undergoes in being interrogated, jailed, and arraigned. Fonda's convincing acting, along with Hitchcock's detail-oriented filming, enable the viewer to feel the anxiety and helplessness of an innocent man being horribly misjudged. In the second part of the movie, as Fonda gets ready to go to trial, the ordeal finally starts to take its toll on his wife.
Although this has to be ranked as a minor work compared to Hitchcock's long list of masterpieces, it is a worthwhile film in its own right, as long as you have the right expectations in watching it. It can be quite uncomfortable to watch these things happen when you know that it all really occurred, and Hitchcock uses his skill to help us see just what an ordeal it was.
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,200,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $494
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color