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Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Cinephile Magazine (Richard X)Cinephile Magazine (Richard X)
Not as successful upon release as other Hitchcock films, The Wrong Man, nonetheless, employs typical Hitchcockian suspense and danger, while showing impressive restraint in telling the real-life tale of a small-time musician's. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Cinephile Magazine (Richard X)
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
The bleakest of Hitchcock's films, this stark, deliberate probing of a man wrongfully accused is almost wholly based on fact, creating its drama from a celebrated New York City case. Fonda plays Manny Balestrero, a family man who plays stand-up bass at a ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Perhaps the most underrated and least known of Hitchcock's great films. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
"One of Hitchcock's underrated great films that never got its proper due, put aside by some critics as merely a minor ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 3.78 out of 4 stars for FilmjourneyFilmjourney
If The Wrong Man has suffered from a less popular connection with audiences than Hitchcock's other films of the same period like Rear Window, North By Northwest, or Psycho, it's no doubt largely due to its unique, understated tone. Based on a true story, ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Filmjourney
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for DVD VerdictDVD Verdict
"Although Hitchcock always insisted he made The Wrong Man because it was 'the available project,' it was precisely the material he'd been after for some time [and] now he wanted to sink his teeth into neorealism. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at DVD Verdict
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic ReviewseFilmCritic Reviews
Is there any phrase that messes with how one views a film more than "based on a true story?" Once it's been connected with a movie, it becomes difficult to judge a film as just a movie; every emotion connected with the story and characters becomes ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at eFilmCritic Reviews
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 3.59 out of 4 stars for HorrorTalkHorrorTalk
Prior to the start of the film is a brief introduction by Alfred Hitchcock stating that every word of this story is true. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at HorrorTalk
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 3.58 out of 4 stars for Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp)Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp)
Alfred Hitchcock portrays what most everyone considered a good legal system, at the time. True story, and it's as difficult to figure out who is in the wrong here as it is in the song "Who Killed Davey Moore?" The witnesses are trying to tell the truth, ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp)
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 3.56 out of 4 stars for KQEK DVD Review (Mark R. Hasan)KQEK DVD Review (Mark R. Hasan)
Based on an actual case from 1953, "The Wrong Man" is a refreshing work after one has already familiarized oneself with Alfred Hitchcock's more iconic thrillers and epic suspense films. Though not financially successful upon its original release, the ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at KQEK DVD Review (Mark R. Hasan)
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for DVDBeaver.com (Gary W. Tooze)DVDBeaver.com (Gary W. Tooze)
Manny Ballestero (Henry Fonda) is a simple, honest, hardworking musician at New York's famous Stork Club. When his wife Rose (Vera Miles) needs money for some dental work, Manny goes to his local insurance company to borrow some funds on her policy. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at DVDBeaver.com (Gary W. Tooze)
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for DVD Movie CentralDVD Movie Central
As most Hitchcock fans know, one of the Master of Suspense's favorite themes was that of an innocent man being pursued for a crime he did not commit. From Hitchcock's earliest films, such as The 39 Steps, to some of his final classics, like North by ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at DVD Movie Central
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Channel 4 Film (--)Channel 4 Film (--)
Henry Fonda is the innocent family man who finds himself in court for armed robbery in Hitchcock's sober and thought-provoking drama about mistaken ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Channel 4 Film (--)
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
Without a doubt, Alfred Hitchcock's favorite film theme was the 'Wrong Man', somebody (usually male) falsely accused of a serious crime (usually murder). Often, this unlucky person then tries to evade the law, in order to prove his innocence. He ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)
Of all Alfred Hitchcock's films, The Wrong Man just may be the most haunting. There's no Norman Bates and no killer birds, but worse: a horror story that's not only based on a true story, but one that could conceivably happen to any one of us. Henry ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)
One of the most taut scenes in Hitchcock's work comes early on, as the tellers at an insurance company glance at Manny and are convinced he's the man who robbed them twice. Their fears are groundless, but no less real. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Time Out (--)Time Out (--)
Hitchcock's long-standing fear of the police is what originally attracted him to a newspaper account of a family man wrongly identified as an armed robber. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Time Out (--)
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Urban Cinefile (Urban Cinefile Critics)Urban Cinefile (Urban Cinefile Critics)
It starts with a dead body, a briefcase and numbers in a ledger. There is a horse race, a hooker named Gloria and a dope doctor with a big mouth. By the time we get to meet Josh Hartnett's Slevin, wearing nothing but a mauve and white floral towel around ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Urban Cinefile (Urban Cinefile Critics)
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Slant Magazine - DVD ReviewSlant Magazine - DVD Review
Claims that The Wrong Man is the first film Hitchcock made based on real events are a tad spurious (Leopold and Loeb, anyone?), but it does find the master far enough removed from his P.T. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Slant Magazine - DVD Review
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for In Film Australia (--)In Film Australia (--)
Film auteur Quentin Tarantino has a lot to answer for. Not only has this former video store geek introduced audiences to a whole new form of out of sequence, hard-edged, quirky crime flick but he has, some would argue, led to the dangerous desensitising ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at In Film Australia (--)
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Sydney Morning Herald (--)Sydney Morning Herald (--)
The Wrong Man has a great cast, a stylish aesthetic, some good dialogue, a plot full of twists and it adds up to precisely nothing. It's deeply superficial, as Andy Warhol once said about himself, but what's wrong with ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Sydney Morning Herald (--)
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Times (A.H. Weiler)New York Times (A.H. Weiler)
Frighteningly authentic, the story generates only a modicum of drama. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at New York Times (A.H. Weiler)
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
In Hitchcock's litany, it ranks as one of the most forgettable works from his mature era. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Wrong Man, The (1956) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.comfilmcritic.com
Hitchcock famously hated the police -- thanks to an experience as a youth in which his father had him locked up at the local jail -- and more than any other film The Wrong Man exudes that sentiment. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at filmcritic.com
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Wrong Man, The (1956) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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Wrong Man, The (1956) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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