Alfred Hitchcock's Cameo:

Hitchcock felt the story was too serious for the audience members to be distracted by one of his cameos, so instead he opens the film with a prologue/statement.

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Plot Summary:

Manny Ballestero is an honest hardworking musician at New York's Stork Club. When his wife needs money for dental treatment, Manny goes to the local insurance office to borrow on her policy. Employees at the office mistake him for a hold-up man who robbed them the year before and the police are called. The film tells the true story of what happened to Manny and his family.

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Cast List:

Henry Fonda	Emmanuel Balestrero
Vera Miles	Rose Balestrero
Anthony Quayle	Frank D. O'Connor
Harold J. Stone	Lt. Bowers
John Heldabrand	Tomasini
Doreen Lang	Ann James
Norma Connolly	Betty Todd
Lola D'Annunzio	Olga Conforti
Robert Essen	Gregory Balestrero
Dayton Lummis	Judge Groat
Charles Cooper	Det. Matthews
Esther Minciotti	Mama Balestrero

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