The Wrong Man

The Wrong Man
Released Date: January 26, 1957
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone, Charles Cooper, John Heldabrand, Esther Minciotti, Doreen Lang, Laurinda Barrett, Norma Connolly, Nehemiah Persoff, Lola D'Annunzio, Kippy Campbell, Robert Essen, Peggy Webber, Richard Robbins, and Dayton Lummis

     What is one piece of information that every Hitchcock fan knows? A general knowledge type of trivia? That he was afraid of, above all else, police men. And jail. This movie is the very thing Hitch was afraid of. And any human being would be scared of. Mistaken identity that would cause you being able to live your life normally. This movie is based on a true story. And because it is based on a true story, you will not see a cameo done by Mr. Hitchcock like he usually does in every other picture. But in the very beginning he sort of does a narration of the film. If you buy this film, watch the behind the scenes! Well I would recommend that for any Hitchcock movie because they reveal some awesome information. But in this, they talk about how Hitchcock stayed in his limo during a scene set outside because of how cold it was that day.

     Manny Balestrero (Henry Fonda) is a husband, father, son and musician. Based on a true story set in New York, Balestrero gets up every morning, plays with his two sons, spends time with his wife, goes to work and comes home to go to bed and do it all over again. He is in love with his wife, Rose (Vera Miles), and is, in all honesty, a trusting man. His wife is having trouble with her wisdom teeth and they need to be removed. They might be in luck since she has money they could take out in life insurance. All they would need to do is pay it all back. Rose asks her husband to take the life insurance policy into the insurance office and that is where he is mistaken as a robber that has robbed this office in the past. After Manny is done with work that day, he is picked up by three police officers outside of his home. They question him and everything is pointing to Manny being the robber. He is thrown into jail and gets out because his family comes up with the bail money. But now it is up to Manny to find the right lawyer to help him with his upcoming case in court. Will he be found guilty? Will they find the Right Man? All is revealed in this 1 hour and 45 minute movie.

     And must I say it one more time? Alfred Hitchcock is at it again. Making movie magic and showing the world that any Hitch film is a great one. I am, like I have said many times before, am a huge Hitchcock fan. He is brilliant and wonderful. You truly cannot go wrong with a Hitch film. 

Psycho

Psycho
Released Date: August 25, 1960
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, Martin Balsam, and Patricia Hitchcock

This movie is probably one of the scariest movies ever. And by far THE scariest villain to date, Norman Bates. Or Ms. Bates?? Who knows right??

The movie starts off with a woman who is clearly in love but cannot do a thing about it. The man she is in love with is going through a divorce that is costing him a lot of money, and he lives in another town. He is also paying for his late father's bills and can't afford to pay for a little thing called marriage with this woman. I don't want to give anything away, but let's just say she figures out a way to get a hold of a bunch of money that can easily pay the late father's bills, his alimony, and also a marriage. However, her way about having the money is completely wrong and well let's just say karma stinks. She ends up at Bates Motel and the rest, they say is history.

Now Alfred Hitchcock never ended up winning any Oscars, but this movie did end up giving Mr. Hitchcock 4 Oscar nods and this movie is rated 8.7/10 according to IMBD. I would give the movie a 10/10 but of course everyone has different taste. :)

Alfred Hitchcock had a chance to make this movie in color but decided that the movie would benefit in black and white. And he was right. The movie is much more creepier and not to mention that most if not all black and white scary movies are much more creepy than color scary movies. I don't know if it is because of the dark shadows or if it is because Alfred Hitchcock is just that brilliant, but this movie is GRAND. The movie also has the directors daughter in it. Patricia Hitchcock, she was in a few of his movies actually. You can see the proud daughter talk about his movies on all of his movie DVDs.

This movie also has a lot of very great creepy lines such as, "A boys best friend is his mother" said by Norman Bates.

I hope you all watch the movie. It is a very son/mother type of film that will keep your heart racing and will keep you out of hotels and showers for a very long time. Literally, the main actress from this film, Janet Leigh, could not shower after making this film. And she also admitted to having to have her maid stand in the bathroom with her as she showered sometime in 2000 after having broke her leg and the Dr telling her to take showers instead of baths.