A mimeograph copy of the typescript screenplay for the 1956 American docudrama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Henry Fonda and Vera Miles. The film was released by Warner Bros. on December 22, 1956.
The film was drawn from the true story of an innocent man charged with a crime, as described in the book The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero by Maxwell Anderson and in the magazine article "A Case of Identity" (Life magazine, June 29, 1953) by Herbert Brean.
Typed on cover sheet: "Unless Duplimatted (Blue Pages) / No dialogue changes, either additions or deletions, and no set or production changes are to be made in this script without the written approval of J.L. Warner or Steve Trilling." With inscription in ink "note (arrow pointing to passage) W.B."
Running caption "Final" with various dates between February and July 1956.
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The wrong man : screenplay : screenplay / by Maxwell Anderson and Angus MacPhail ; story by Maxwell Anderson.
Record ID:
87290
Accession number:
MA 8524
Credit:
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description:
1 item (170 pages), bound ; 29 x 24.6 cm
Notes:
Housed in:
Black cloth drop-spine box (31 cm)
Binding:
Black binder, upper cover with typed label "The Wrong Man."
Provenance:
Carter Burden.
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