The taut directing of John Sturges and impressive craftsmanship elevate Jeopardy above the level of a routine psychological thriller, resulting in a rather engaging noir crimer about a family in peril.
Wrong Man, The (1956): Hitchcock’s Most Underestimated Film, Noir Thriller, Starring Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle
July 27, 2009 by
The bleakest of Hitchcock's films, this stark, deliberate probing of a man wrongfully accused is factually-based, creating its drama from a famous New York City case and demonstrating the director's consistent preoccupation with the themes of chance, probability, and routine
