# Der falsche Mann (1956)

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**Original title**: *The Wrong Man*
**Runtime**: 105 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama
**Directed by**: Alfred Hitchcock
**Written by**: Angus MacPhail, Maxwell Anderson
**Starring**: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone, Charles Cooper, John Heldabrand

> *HITCHCOCK'S FIRST REAL-LIFE THRILLER!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You rummage through your aunt’s insurance forms in Queens when two detectives handcuff you for a robbery you never committed. The face on the wanted poster resembles yours, and no one cares to look twice. Then the camera lingers on the courtroom clock, ticking like a bomb no one can defuse.

**Mood tags**: gut-punch, paranoid

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