The Wrong Man (1956)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 105 min · Crime, Drama
45.4 TOPICAL score · #2,255 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
The Wrong Man (1956, directed by Alfred Hitchcock) has a TOPICAL score of 45.4 - ranked 2,255 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and cast, and lowest on awards. Critics: 93% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.1/10 critics' average · Metacritic 83. Audiences: TMDB 7.1/10 (634 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 35 languages.
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.
Critics82
Audience64
Awards0
Historical impact51
Lasting engagement43
Cast71
Legacy & cult status-
- Critics93% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.1/10 critics' average · Metacritic 83
- AudienceTMDB 7.1/10 (634 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 35 languages
- Still read18,321 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Henry Fonda (actor #31), Vera Miles (actor #685), Anthony Quayle (actor #968), Harold J. Stone