The Wrong Man (1956) - Hitchcock's best but rarely mentioned film
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Hitchcock frequently used real events as inspiration for his fictional films. This is unique for many reasons, including that it is a true story to which Hitchcock adds so little fiction.
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The wife, wonderfully played by Vera Miles, is a brilliant character: relatives and families are collateral victims of wrongful charges.
I was impressed when I first saw this and am surprised to learn of its negative criticism - they come across as shallow and impressed with exaggerated theatricality. The photography alone is brilliant such as the shot through the cell viewing slit and of course Fonda's performance reminiscent of 12 Angry Men was superb.
Agree totally. At times the cinematography was breathtaking, the stills would not have been out of place in a gallery, a great performance by Fonda... on a par with 12 angry men and grapes of wrath and a great hitchcockian plot where the authorities get it wrong again
It is a magnificent Hitchcock movie and genuinely terrifying: it could happen to any of us. I would love to see a remake of The Wrong Man, starring Jonathan Majors, this time about racial injustice in the criminal legal system.
I'm always reluctant to see great films remade, but a racial bias slant would be interesting. I wouldn't want to see an actor who had real life legal troubles cast in the lead for fear of conflating fact with fiction.
Henry Fonda was brilliant and I have a theory about him: I believe Hitchcock chose him esp. because of his wide, expressive eyes and the cell door close up, what a beautiful shot that was!
I think more than any other Hitchcock film, this film has so many great location shots. A lot of Hitchcock's work was done in a studio or back lot... this film tells me he should have done more location shooting
I was hooked on this film from the opening titles with Hermann's fabulous 'Stork Club Mambo'
playing through a series of fades into an ever emptying club. Doreen Lang one of the accusatory secretaries is also Cary Grant's overwhelmed secretary Maggie in the beginning of North by Northwest and most famously, the hysterical mother in the diner in The Birds.
Excellent analysis, thank you!
Glad you liked it!
I think "The Wrong Man" -- for its social commentary as well as its bare, stripped down black and white modern realism -- is one of Hitchcock's best flicks. A must-see for any Hitchcock fan or fan of great cinema.
~ I saw Hitchcock in an interview at one point where he tagged The Wrong Man as his favorite film ~
I agree with Hitch... it's my favourite of his films as well😀
Thought it was shadow of doubt
Like many artists, his “favorite” changed with his times.
@@Mattinator95 i don't agree with Hitch on that, shadow of a doubt is among my least favourite of his films
I don't think The Wrong Man was Hitchcock's favourite or even that he was particularly happy with it. He told Truffaut that it "wasn't his kind of picture" and it seems like he made it for Warner Bros as a favour because of all the work he'd done with them. He also said the film suffers from a lack of humour.
A great movie, 70 now and have a list of my favorite movies from 1 to 20 the wrong man is No 14.
what are your top 3?
@@ClassicFilms1 1 Its a mad mad mad mad world. 2 Stand by me. 3 Marty..
@@briancritchley5295 Marty is definitely one of my favourites, Borgnine's best leading role. He played a minor role in Bad Day at Black which is also a fabulous film
@@ClassicFilms1 Bad day at black rock was epic, great acting, Tracy beat up Ernie with one arm. Hatred for Japan was still apparent here through the 60s ....