The wrong man

Resource Information

The work The wrong man represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The wrong man

Statement of responsibility

Warner Bros. Pictures ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; screen play by Maxwell Anderson and Angus MacPhail ; story by Maxwell Anderson ; associate producer, Herbert Coleman ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Title variation

Alfred Hitchcock's the wrong man

Creator

• Wrong man (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975
• Coleman, Herbert, 1907-2001
• Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980
• Campbell, Kippy
• Kuehl, William
• Lang, Doreen, 1915-1999
• Burks, L. Robert, 1909-1968
• Barrett, Laurinda
• Lummis, Dayton, 1903-1988
• MacPhail, Angus, 1903-1962
• D'Annunzio, Lola, 1930-1956
• Miles, Vera
• Minciotti, Esther, 1888-1962
• Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Persoff, Nehemiah, 1919-
• Quayle, Anthony, 1913-1989
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
• Robbins, Richard, 1918-1969
• First National Pictures, Inc
• Crain, Earl, Jr.
• Stone, Harold J., 1911-2005
• Sylbert, Paul, 1928-2016
• Heldabrand, John
• Essen, Robert
• Tomasini, George
• Webber, Peggy
• Cooper, Charles, 1926-
• Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982
• Connolly, Norma, 1927-1998

Actor

• Essen, Robert
• Webber, Peggy
• Stone, Harold J., 1911-2005
• Robbins, Richard, 1918-1969
• Quayle, Anthony, 1913-1989
• Persoff, Nehemiah, 1919-
• Minciotti, Esther, 1888-1962
• Miles, Vera
• Lummis, Dayton, 1903-1988
• Barrett, Laurinda
• Lang, Doreen, 1915-1999
• Campbell, Kippy
• Heldabrand, John
• Connolly, Norma, 1927-1998
• Cooper, Charles, 1926-
• Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982
• D'Annunzio, Lola, 1930-1956

Artistic director

• Sylbert, Paul, 1928-2016

Cinematographer

• Burks, L. Robert, 1909-1968

Composer

• Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

Film director

• Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980

Film distributor

• Warner Home Video (Firm)

Film editor

• Tomasini, George

Film producer

• Coleman, Herbert, 1907-2001

Production company

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
• First National Pictures, Inc

Screenwriter

• Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959
• MacPhail, Angus, 1903-1962

Set designer

• Kuehl, William

Sound designer

• Crain, Earl, Jr.

Subject

• Robbery -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• DVD-Video discs
• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Film noir
• Judicial error -- Drama
• Mistaken identity -- Drama

Genre

• DVD-Video discs
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Film noir
• Feature films
• Drama

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

The true story of Manny Balestrero, a musician unjustly accused of armed robbery. Balestrero vehemently protests his innocence but acts thoroughly guilty, leading a host of policemen and witnesses to finger him as the thief. The trial goes badly for Manny, but life is worse for his wife, Rose, who falls apart under the strain of his ordeal

Related

• Henry Fonda the signature collection

Member of

• Alfred Hitchcock : the signature collection

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Robert Burks ; film editor, George Tomasini ; music by Bernard Herrmann ; art director, Paul Sylbert ; sound by Earl Crain ; set decorator, William L. Kuehl

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

In English or dubbed French dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.D4

LC item number

W7 2004

PerformerNote

Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone, Charles Cooper, John Heldabrand, Esther Minciotti, Doreen Lang, Laurinda Barrett, Norma Connolly, Nehemiah Persoff, Lola D'Annunzio, Kippy Campbell, Robert Essen, Richard Robbins, Dayton Lummis, Peggy Webber

Runtime

105

Series statement

Alfred Hitchcock : the signature collection

Target audience

general

Technique

live action