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Synopsis: Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero - Manny to his friends - is a string bassist, a devoted husband and father, and a practicing Catholic. His $85 a week gig playing in the jazz combo at the Stork Club is barely enough to make ends meet. The Balestreros' lives will become a little more difficult with the major dental bills his wife Rose will be incurring. As such, Manny decides to see if he can borrow off of Rose's life insurance policy. But when he enters the insurance office, he is identified by some of the clerks as the man that held up the office twice a few months earlier. Manny cooperates with the police as he has nothing to hide. Manny learns that he is a suspect in not only those hold ups, but a series of other hold ups in the same Jackson Heights neighborhood in New York City where they live. The more that Manny cooperates, the more guilty he appears to the police. With the help of Frank O'Connor, the attorney that they hire, they try to prove Manny's innocence. Regardless of if t
Genre: Drama, Film-Noir
Director(s): Alfred Hitchcock
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
NOT RATED
Year:
1956
105 min
991 Views


Let me go. I've got kids.

I didn't hurt anybody. Let me go.

Police?

We have a guy here.

Tried to hold up the store.

Yeah. We can hold him.

One for the detectives, lieutenant.

Straight ahead.

Manny, they want you

over at the 110th Precinct.

What is it?

They got the right man.

Everything's going to be all right.

Manny.

It won't be long now.

- What is it, Mr. O'Connor?

Where'd they find him?

- They got him.

Now, you, Miss Willis.

Start counting from the right.

When you come to the man you know...

...stop on the number.

Are you ready?

- Yes.

Okay, go ahead.

One, two, three, four.

Are you sure that's the one?

Yes.

That's all. Thank you.

Okay, Manny?

Okay.

I can't wait to...

This way.

You realize what you've done to my wife?

Wait here for me.

Rose.

Honey, it's all over.

They caught the man who committed

the holdups. It's all over, darling.

It's Manny, Rose.

He's come to see you.

I know.

Would you tell her the good news again?

Yes, of course.

There's no more trial, Rose.

They know I'm not guilty.

They caught the man.

They know I'm innocent.

We can start our lives all over again.

We can start someplace else

if you'd like it better.

We have some wonderful friends, Rose.

They've stood by us through everything.

Mr. O'Connor, the Stork Club...

...the people up at Cornwall.

Don't look away from me, Rose.

All right.

Rose, honey, I love you.

This awful nightmare we've been through,

it's all over now.

That's fine for you.

Fine.

- For you too, Rose.

It's not good for me if it isn't good for you.

Doesn't it help you?

No.

Is there something I've done, Rose?

Is there something you can't forgive me?

No, nothing you've done.

Can I help you, Rose?

Nothing can help me.

No one.

You can go now.

Don't you wanna come with me?

It doesn't...

It doesn't matter where I am...

...where anybody is.

What will I do with my life, honey?

There's nothing left without you.

The boys pray every night

that you'll come home.

We need you.

- Your husband's going now...

...Mrs. Balestrero.

Couldn't you speak to him?

He brought you good news.

That's fine for you.

You can go now.

But come back.

I guess I was hoping for a miracle.

They happen. But it takes time.

Rose?

She's not listening now.

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Maxwell Anderson

James Maxwell Anderson (December 15, 1888 – February 28, 1959) was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist. more…

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