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Movie number 19: The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock, 1956). Henry Fonda stars as ‘Manny’ Balestrero, a Stork Club musician wrongly arrested for robbery. Unusually for Hitchcock, The Wrong Man is a true story and befitting the subject he shoots in a stark documentary style on the real life locations on which the story takes place. The director cameo, gallows humour and exotic locales which characterise much his 1950’s oeuvre is absent in what is Hitchcock’s most serious work. Fonda is excellent in the role of Manny, conveying fear and bemusement with complete conviction. Vera Miles is equally convincing as his wife whose descent into mental illness is, thankfully, handled with sensitivity and taste. Support comes in the form of underrated British Star Anthony Quayle. Lacking the glossy flamboyance of much of the director’s mid/late 50s movies, The Wrong Man is none the worse for it. This was a first time view for me and I would certainly regard it as among Hitchcock’s finest work. #thewrongman #alfredhitchcock #henryfonda #veramiles #anthonyquayle #filmnoir #hollywood #classichollywood #vintagehollywood #goldenagehollywood #jinglebonesmoviereviews #jinglebonesmovietime #jinglebonesnewyearsresolution #everymovieiwatch2019
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