Character mistake: When Henry Fonda is led to his cell, shot in a prison in Queens, a real inmate yells "What'd they get ya for, Henry?"
The Wrong Man (1956)
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Henry Fonda, Anthony Quayle, Vera Miles, Harold J. Stone
Lt. Bowers: How do you explain it?
Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero: I made a mistake.
Lt. Bowers: And so did the hold up man. And it happens to be the same mistake.
Lt. Bowers: Is your name Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero?
Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero: Yes, it is.
Lt. Bowers: I want to speak with you. We're police officers.
Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero: What about?
Lt. Bowers: We'd like you to come down to the precinct and help us out a little.
The last caption: And what happened seems like a nightmare to them - but it did happen.
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