from the master of suspense, tonight starring Henry Fonda Vera Miles with Anthony Quayle
The nightmare of a man caught in the toils of a truly blind justice is presented with chilling reality in Hitchcock's true tale of mistaken indentity.
Henry Fonda gives one of his finest screen performances as Manny Balestrero , a modest bass player. Making a routine visit to an insurance firm, he is identified by the staff as a man involved in a hold-up. On the strength of their accusations, he is arrested and a case of circumstantial evidence is constructed. Even his handwriting seems to prove him guilty ...
Screenplay by MAXWELL ANDERSON and ANGUS MACPHAIL Based on a story by MAXWELL ANDERSON
Directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK
(The final Hitchcock film is I Confess Monday. 11.45 pm BBC1) 0 FILMS: page 27