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The Wrong Man is a 1956 American docudrama film noir directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Henry Fonda and Vera Miles.The film was drawn from the true story of an innocent man charged with a crime, as described in the book The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero by Maxwell Anderson [2] [3] and in the magazine article "A Case of Identity", which was published in Life magazine in ...
Balestrero is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero (1909–1998), the person on whom the movie The Wrong Man (1956) is based; Ettore Balestrero (born 1966), diplomat of the Holy See; Gregory Balestrero (born 1947), American industrial engineer; Renato Balestrero (1898–1948), Italian racing car driver
Gregory Balestrero is the son of Christopher Emmanuel and Rose (Giolito) Balestrero. [2] His father's arrest in a case of mistaken identity was the subject of a book by Maxwell Anderson and of Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 movie The Wrong Man.
The Wrong Man (1956) – film noir drama film based on the true story of an innocent man charged with a crime, as described in the book The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero by Maxwell Anderson [267]
The Alfred Hitchcock film The Wrong Man (1957) starred Henry Fonda as real-life Stork Club bassist Christopher Emanuel Balestrero ("Manny"), who was falsely accused of committing robberies around New York City. Scenes involving Balestrero playing the bass were actually shot at the club.
Vera June Miles (née Ralston; born August 23, 1929) is an American retired actress.She is known for appearing in John Ford's Western films The Searchers (1956) and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and for playing Lila Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and Richard Franklin's sequel Psycho II (1983).
O'Connor gained fame as a lawyer in 1953, when he defended Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero, a bass player at the Stork Club falsely accused of armed robbery. The story was the basis of the 1956 Alfred Hitchcock movie, The Wrong Man, in which O'Connor was portrayed by Anthony Quayle.
The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero, Maxwell Anderson: The Wrong Man (1956) The Turning Point (1982), Fritjof Capra: Mindwalk (1990)