The Wrong Man

1956 film by Alfred Hitchcock
Movie film Q472390
The Wrong Man
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The Wrong Man

Summary

The Wrong Man is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (564 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Wrong Man's video is recorded as The Wrong Man (1956) - Trailer.webm[3].
  • The Wrong Man's image is recorded as Alfred Hitchcock's The Wrong Man trailer 01.png[4].
  • The Wrong Man's image is recorded as The-Wrong-Man-poster.jpg[5].
  • The Wrong Man's instance of is recorded as film[6].
  • The Wrong Man's director is recorded as Alfred Hitchcock[7].
  • The Wrong Man's screenwriter is recorded as Maxwell Anderson[8].
  • The Wrong Man's screenwriter is recorded as Angus MacPhail[9].
  • The Wrong Man's composer is recorded as Bernard Herrmann[10].
  • The Wrong Man's genre is recorded as drama film[11].
  • The Wrong Man's genre is recorded as film noir[12].
  • The Wrong Man's genre is recorded as trial film[13].
  • The Wrong Man's genre is recorded as crime film[14].
  • The Wrong Man's genre is recorded as film based on literature[15].
  • The Wrong Man's genre is recorded as docudrama[16].
  • The Wrong Man's genre is recorded as crime drama film[17].
  • The Wrong Man's cast member is recorded as Henry Fonda[18].
  • The Wrong Man's cast member is recorded as Vera Miles[19].
  • The Wrong Man's cast member is recorded as Anthony Quayle[20].
  • The Wrong Man's cast member is recorded as Harold J. Stone[21].
  • The Wrong Man's cast member is recorded as Nehemiah Persoff[22].
  • The Wrong Man's cast member is recorded as Tarzan Cooper[23].
  • The Wrong Man's cast member is recorded as Alfred Hitchcock[24].
  • The Wrong Man's cast member is recorded as Doreen Lang[25].
  • The Wrong Man's cast member is recorded as Norma Connolly[26].
  • The Wrong Man's cast member is recorded as Esther Minciotti[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Herbert Coleman[28] and Alfred Hitchcock[29]. The Wrong Man's director is recorded as Alfred Hitchcock[7]. Screenwriters include Maxwell Anderson[8] and Angus MacPhail[9]. Cast members include Henry Fonda[18], Vera Miles[19], Anthony Quayle[20], Harold J. Stone[21], Nehemiah Persoff[22], and Tarzan Cooper[23].

Publication

Publication dates include +1956-01-01T00:00:00Z[30] and +1957-01-26T00:00:00Z[31]. The Wrong Man's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[32]. Genres include drama film[11], film noir[12], trial film[13], crime film[14], film based on literature[15], and docudrama[16].

Reception

Reviews include 8.1/10[33], 93%[34], and 83/100[35].

Why It Matters

The Wrong Man ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (564 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . wikidata.org.
  31. [35] . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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