
The Wrong Man(1956)
In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.



Alan Baxter
Jimmy Rogers

Mary Carlisle
Carol Patrick

Jerome Cowan
Marshall Abbott

Eddie Acuff
Ace

Ralf Harolde
Slip Conlan

Suzanne Kaaren
Glenda Hayes

Paul Porcasi
Professor Del Rio

Rosina Galli
Maria
Rags to Riches is a crime, drama film released in 1941 exploring themes of falsely accused, burglary. Directed by Joseph Kane, it stars Alan Baxter, Mary Carlisle, Jerome Cowan. A framed cabby rounds up fur thieves and saves his opera-singer girlfriend.
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