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Synopsis: Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero - Manny to his friends - is a string bassist, a devoted husband and father, and a practicing Catholic. His $85 a week gig playing in the jazz combo at the Stork Club is barely enough to make ends meet. The Balestreros' lives will become a little more difficult with the major dental bills his wife Rose will be incurring. As such, Manny decides to see if he can borrow off of Rose's life insurance policy. But when he enters the insurance office, he is identified by some of the clerks as the man that held up the office twice a few months earlier. Manny cooperates with the police as he has nothing to hide. Manny learns that he is a suspect in not only those hold ups, but a series of other hold ups in the same Jackson Heights neighborhood in New York City where they live. The more that Manny cooperates, the more guilty he appears to the police. With the help of Frank O'Connor, the attorney that they hire, they try to prove Manny's innocence. Regardless of if t
Genre: Drama, Film-Noir
Director(s): Alfred Hitchcock
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
NOT RATED
Year:
1956
105 min
958 Views


Is January 4th the first date you replied?

- That's right.

You still at 634255th Street?

- Yes, we are.

All right. Will you sign right here, please?

Is that all I have to do?

- That's all.

Goodbye, then. Thank you.

- Goodbye. Thanks.

I wonder if you'd look at this policy for me...

...and tell me how much

we can borrow on it.

Rose Balestrero?

- Yes. That's my wife.

I wonder...

Could you wait

while I check on something?

Yes. Yes, I'll wait.

Don't look all at one time.

I didn't hear you.

I think the man at the window

is the one that's been here before.

The man who...?

- Yeah, I'm sure of it.

Miss James?

There's a man at the window...

...and Peggy thinks that

he's the one who held you up.

Says he wants to find out...

...how much he can get on his wife's policy.

I don't dare look.

It is the same man.

What can we do?

Look at him.

I'm not looking at him now...

...you look at him.

I don't think I can.

What am I gonna tell him?

I'm not going near that window.

Just look at him.

I think I'm gonna faint.

Ann.

It is the same.

I'm gonna sit right here.

Talk to him about the policy.

Tell him he'll probably get the loan...

...but his wife has to come in.

Mr. Balestrero.

You are Mr. Balestrero, of course?

- Yes.

I can fairly quickly give you the amount

that can be borrowed.

This figure corresponds with

the payments your wife has made.

I've checked the amount.

Yes, I see.

The actual loan, of course, has to have

the signature of the policyholder.

She'd have to come in?

- Yes...

...your wife would have to

come into the office.

Yes, I see. She can come in.

About how long would it take

to make the loan?

Oh, it'd just be a matter of days.

Thank you very much.

Glad to have helped you.

Is he gone?

- Yeah.

Where's Miss Duffield?

- In with Mr. Wendon.

There's the reason he didn't do anything.

That was the man that robbed you

a while back, wasn't it?

I'm almost sure.

What did you think?

I'm sure...

- Miss Duffield see it?

She's gone on in there.

- She...

She said the way he entered

the room was so very strange.

He put his hand in his pocket...

...and all he took out was this folded paper.

He said he just wanted a loan

on his wife's policy.

I'll call the home office.

Maybe you and Pop

can come over Sunday?

I hope we can, Manny. It was good of you

to come all the way out here today.

Ciao, Ma.

- Ciao.

I'd appreciate it if you ladies

would wait at home.

Stay near a telephone and I'll call you

within the next couple of hours.

All right, let's pick him up.

Well, you know Daddy.

He said 5:
30,

and he's always on time.

Mom, what time will Dad be home?

- Who is it?

About 5:
30, I think.

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Maxwell Anderson

James Maxwell Anderson (December 15, 1888 – February 28, 1959) was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist. more…

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