#John Heldabrand

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Vera Miles, Henry Fonda, and Anthony Quayle in The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock, 1956) Cast: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone, Charles Cooper, John Heldabrand, Esther Minciotti. Screenplay: Maxwell Anderson, Angus MacPhail. Cinematography: Robert Burks. Art direction: Paul Sylbert. Film editing: George Tomasini. Music: Bernard Herrmann. Alfred Hitchcock's docudrama The Wrong Man is not so anomalous in his career as his rather portentous introduction suggests: It may be based on an incident about a real Manny Balestrero, but there are lots of wrongly accused men in his movies, and this time he simply landed on one who happened to be an actual person. And Hitchcock's gravitation to the theme of undeserved punishment and consequent mental anguish (in this case Rose Balestrero's) was something we could expect from him if we knew of the trauma caused by the notorious childhood incident in which his domineering father had the local constabulary lock young Alfred in a jail cell for five minutes. The lesson learned was less "be a good boy" than "fear the cops," who loom large in many of his films. But the real novelty of The Wrong Man is its tone: There's virtually no leavening of gloom in the film by the usual Hitchcockian humor. Only at the very ending, when we are assured that Manny and Rose and the kids moved to Florida and lived happily ever after, is there any attempt to mitigate the rather oppressive quality of the black-and-white, location-shot tale of the struggling Balestreros. And anyone who knows much about the difficulty of "curing" depression, which Rose suffers from, is likely to feel a little skeptical about that. That said, it's a very good film, making especially fine use of Henry Fonda -- his only appearance for Hitchcock -- whose naturally haunted look is a perfect fit for the victimized Balestrero. Vera Miles, whom Hitchcock was grooming as a replacement for Grace Kelly after her recent elevation to Princess of Monaco, gives a convincing performance as Rose, managing to suggest that her depression was in the cards even before Manny's arrest. The realism of the Balestreros' financial struggle is also well-handled, as is the climactic revelation of the "right" man, accomplished by a double exposure in which he walks into and fills the image of Balestrero in closeup. For me, the other only false note besides the oversimplified happy ending is the invocation of religion as a cure to Manny's dilemma: Mama Balestrero's (Esther Minciotti) urging him to pray for strength and his gaze at a rather kitsch picture of Jesus is too swiftly followed by his deliverance. It turns a serious emotional and spiritual struggle into a cliché as old as the movies. The Wrong Man has been favorably compared to Robert Bresson's A Man Escaped (1956), a distinction I don't think it quite merits, but then what film does?

[genevieveetguy]

An innocent man has nothing to fear, remember that.

The Wrong Man, Alfred Hitchcock (1956)

[milliondollarbaby87]

On the Waterfront (1954) Review

On the Waterfront (1954) Review

Terry Malloy an ex-prize fighter could have been someone but now turned longshoreman (docker) hits struggles as he attempts to stand up to the corrupt union bosses.

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[frankenpagie]

3.8.20

[kwebtv]

From the Golden Age of Television

A Night to Remember  -  NBC  -  March 28, 1956

Drama

A presentation of Kraft Television Theatre

Running Time:  60 minutes

Stars:

Sandy Ackland  as Steerage Passenger

Millette Alexander  as Mrs. Astor

Tirrell Barbery  as Passenger 

William Becker  as Crewman / Officer

Roger Evan Boxill  as Crewman / Officer

Robert Brown  as Crewman / Officer

Walter Burke  as Steerage Passenger

Helena Carroll  as Steerage Passenger

George Cathrey  as Steward

 David Cole  as Crewman / Officer

Valerie Cossart  as Mrs. Ryerson

Clifford David  as First Class Passenger

Roy Dean  as 'Californian' Officer

Clarence Derwent  as Captain Edward J. Smith

Bradford Dillman  as ‘Californian’ Officer

Hugh Dunne  as First Class Passenger

John Evans  as Crewman / Officer

Peter Forster  as Crewman / Officer

Larry Gates  as Colonel Gracie

Michael Gorrin  as Steerage passenger

Roger Hamilton  as Crewman / Officer

John Heldabrand  as Crewman / Officer

 Marcel Hillaire  as Maitre d'Hotel

Cavada Humphrey  as First Class Passenger

 Michael Ingram  as Steerage Passenger

 Anthony Kemble-Cooper as Harper  

Jerome Kilty  as First Class Passenger

 Stanley Lemin  as Crewman / Officer

 Frank Leslie  as Crewman / Officer

John Mackwood  as Steward

 Patrick Macnee  as Mr. Andrews

Don Marlowe  as Crewman / Officer

 Thomas Martin  as 'Californian' Officer

 Dermot A. McNamara   as Crewman / Officer

 Eric Micklewood  as Crewman /\ Officer

 Dan Morgan  as Steerage Passenger

 Richard Newton  as Crewman / Officer

 Norman Norris  as 'Californian' Officer

 Neil North  as Second Officer Lightoller

 Peter Pagan  as First Class Passenger

 Roger Plowden  as First Class Passenger

 Claude Rains  as Narrator

 Joanna Roos  as First Class Passenger

 Edgar Stehli  as Mr. Straus

 Leonard Stone  as Crewman / Officer

 Drew Thompson  as Steward

 Victor Thorley  as Crewman / Officer

 Frederic Tozere  as Captain Lord

 Peter Turgeon  as Woolner

 Victor Wood  as Steward                            

[alexlacquemanne]

Septembre MMXXII

Films

Johnny English (2003) de Peter Howitt avec Rowan Atkinson, Natalie Imbruglia, Ben Miller, John Malkovich et Tim Pigott-Smith

Le Secret des Incas (Secret of the Incas) (1954) de Jerry Hopper avec Charlton Heston, Robert Young, Nicole Maurey, Thomas Mitchell et Glenda Farrell

Peau de banane (1963) de Marcel Ophuls avec Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jeanne Moreau, Claude Brasseur, Jean-Pierre Marielle et Gert Fröbe

Le Visiteur du futur (2022) de François Descraques avec Florent Dorin, Enya Baroux, Arnaud Ducret, Raphaël Descraques, Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun, Mathieu Poggi, Lénie Chérino et Assa Sylla

Bons baisers de Hong Kong (1975) de Yvan Chiffre avec Gérard Rinaldi, Gérard Filippelli, Jean Sarrus, Jean-Guy Fechner, Mickey Rooney, Clifton James, Shan Kwan Ling Fung, David Tomlinson, Huguette Funfrock et Jeane Manson

Johnny English, le retour (Johnny English Reborn) (2011) de Oliver Parker avec Rowan Atkinson, Gillian Anderson, Dominic West, Rosamund Pike, Daniel Kaluuya et Richard Schiff

Le Faux Coupable (The Wrong Man) (1956) d'Alfred Hitchcock avec Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone, Charles Cooper et John Heldabrand

L'Homme d'Istambul (Estambul 65) de Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi avec Horst Buchholz, Sylva Koscina, Mario Adorf, Perrette Pradier, Klaus Kinski et George Rigaud

Johnny English contre-attaque (Johnny English Strikes Again) (2018) de David Kerr avec Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, Olga Kurylenko, Jake Lacy, Emma Thompson et Matthew Beard

Le Tigre et le Président (2022) de Jean-Marc Peyrefitte avec Jacques Gamblin, André Dussollier, Christian Hecq, Anna Mouglalis, Cyril Couton, Astrid Whettnall et Lola Naymark

À fond (2016) de Nicolas Benamou avec José Garcia, André Dussollier, Caroline Vigneaux, Charlotte Gabris, Vincent Desagnat et Jérôme Commandeur

Les Oiseaux (The Birds) (1963) d'Alfred Hitchcock avec Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Veronica Cartwright et Suzanne Pleshette

La Corde (Rope) (1948) d'Alfred Hitchcock avec James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Cedric Hardwicke, Constance Collier et Douglas Dick

Séries

Détective Conan Saison 2

Le Kidnapping de Conan Edogawa - L'Anniversaire de monsieur Hotta - Le Masque de beauté - Meurtre en montagne - Affaire de haut-vol - Meurtre d'un diplomate : 1re partie - Meurtre d'un diplomate : 2e partie - Meurtre à la bibliothèque - Meurtre au club house - Le Démon du monastère - L'Affaire de l'arme mystérieuse - La Mystérieuse organisation - Itinéraire impossible - Poisson lune - Sur les traces de Sherlock Holmes : 1re partie - Sur les traces de Sherlock Holmes : 2e partie - Une première fatale - Une dessinatrice pleine de talent - Le Vaisseau fantôme : 1re partie - Le Vaisseau fantôme : 2e partie - Un monstre peut en cacher un autre - Les Trois Empreintes - Les Crabes et la Baleine - Meurtre dans l'obscurité - Coup de théâtre - Le Mystère du baron noir : 1re partie - Le Mystère du baron noir : 2e partie - La Fin du mystère du baron noir : 3e partie - Filature ratée - Un meurtre pour trois - Meurtre sur l'épave - Le Mystère de Jinnai - Meurtre d'un créancier - Conan contre le Kid Cat Burglar - Un mariage jeté au feu : 1re partie - Un mariage jeté au feu : 2e partie - Cambriolage à la banque - L'Artiste clochard - L'Enlèvement : 1re partie - L'Enlèvement : 2e partie - Meurtre sans cadavre - Vacances à la neige : 1re partie - Vacances à la neige : 2e partie

Affaires sensibles

Les origines de James Bond - Le mystère de l'Arche d'Alliance - La chute de l'URSS - L'affaire Clinton-Lewinsky - Ukraine, novembre 2004: La Révolution était orange - 2014, Poutine annexe la Crimée

Doctor Who Series 13

L'Apocalypse d'Halloween - La Guerre des Sontariens - Il n'était pas une fois - Le village des anges - Le réveillon des Daleks - La légende des démons des mers

Kaamelott Livre I

Merlin et les Loups - Le Cas Yvain - L’Adoubement - Arthur et les Ténèbres - Le Zoomorphe - La Coccinelle de Madenn - Patience dans la plaine - Le Oud - Le Code de chevalerie - Létal - Azénor - Le Sort de rage - Les Nouveaux Frères - Enluminures - Haunted - Le Secret de Lancelot - Le Serpent géant - Guenièvre et les Oiseaux - Le Dernier Empereur - Perceval relance de quinze - Le Coup d’épée - La Jupe de Calogrenant - Le Prodige du fakir - Un bruit dans la nuit - Feu l’âne de Guethenoc

Les Enquêtes de Vera Saison 11

De mère en fils - A vol d'oiseau - Urgence médicale - Au gré du vent

Rex, Chien Flic Saison 1, 2, 3, 4

L'attentat - Apportez-moi la tête de Beethoven - Étrange voisinage - La morte de Schönbrunn - Danse au-dessus du volcan - Les bas-fonds de Vienne - Traces de sang - Séduction mortelle - L'assassin de vieilles dames - La mort est au bout de la route - Sous le signe de Satan - Témoin aveugle - Coup monté -Les cobayes - Destins croisés - La dernière enquête de Stöcki - Qui a tué Sabine ? - Les diamants - Tricher n'est pas jouer - Peur sur la ville - Le masque de la mort - Sur les toits de Vienne - Itinéraire meurtrier - Le complot

The Grand Tour Saison 5

The Grand Tour présente les contrées sauvages de Scandinavie

Spectacles

Jazz à Vienne : Ben l'Oncle Soul & Monophonics (2014)

Livres

Dis bonjour à la dame de Frédéric Dard

C'est beau mais c'est triste d'Antoine de Caunes

Chaud les glaçons de Ian Fleming

Détective Conan : Tome 1 de Gôshô Aoyama