This week we take a look at the only Alfred Hitchcock movie that was based on fact. The Wrong Man stars Henry Fonda as a night club musician who gets mistakenly identified as an at-large armed thief.
***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes.
Details: A Warner Brothers Picture, produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Written by Maxwell Anderson and Angus MacPhail, based on The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero by Maxwell Anderson. Starring Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Esther Minciotti. Cinematography by George Tomasini. Music by Bernard Herrmann.
Ranking: 21 out of 52. Ranking movies is a reductive parlor game. It’s also fun. And it’s a good way to frame a discussion. We aggregated over 70 ranked lists from critics, fans, and magazines The Wrong Man got 1,881 ranking points.