The Wrong Man (1956)

Enthralling thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based on a true story. Oddly enough, Hitchcock himself shows up at the start to explain this in a brief monologue at the beginning. 

Manny Balestrero (Henry Fonda) is a New York musician who is wrongly arrested for a series of robberies. He is identified by several witnesses who seem to recognise him. He and his wife Rose (Vera Miles) seek to prove his innocence, but events take their toll on both of them in different ways – especially Rose, who suffers a mental decline. 

It’s a noir-ish crime drama that – like all Hitchcock tales – takes on an additional psychological dimension and keeps you guessing until the very end.