The Wrong Man (1956)
Henry Fonda: Christopher Emanuel 'Manny' Balestrero
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Quotes
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Lt. Bowers : How do you explain it?
Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero : I made a mistake.
Lt. Bowers : And so did the hold up man. And it happens to be the same mistake.
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Rose Balestrero : He even gave me a little lecture on evolution on the side. It seems the human race is growing smaller jaws and having fewer teeth. But the teeth are ahead of the jaws and so everybody has more teeth than they know what to do with. That's why I have four impacted wisdom teeth.
Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero : You look just about perfect to me. If evolution can produce you, it's doing pretty good.
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Lt. Bowers : Is your name Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero?
Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero : Yes, it is.
Lt. Bowers : I want to speak with you. We're police officers.
Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero : What about?
Lt. Bowers : We'd like you to come down to the precinct and help us out a little.
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Rose Balestrero : Every time we get up, something comes along and knocks us right back down again.
Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero : That's life, honey. That's the way it is.
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Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero : I just can't believe that Rose... I can't let her go.
Dr. Bannay : She's living in another world from ours. A frightening landscape that could be... on the dark side of the moon.
Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero : And I'm not there?
Dr. Bannay : You're there, and the children are there... but not the way you are. Monstrous shadows that say hateful things. Now, she knows she's in a nightmare... but it doesn't help her to know. She can't get out.
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Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero : It's the arithmetic I like, honey. I guess it's the musician in me. You know, musicians are always fascinated by mathematics. They can't read, but they can figure.
Rose Balestrero : It would be nice if you could win us about $300.
Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero : In my experience, I always pay for what I get.
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Lt. Bowers : What do you make a week at the Stork Club?
Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero : Eighty-five.
Lt. Bowers : That's the take-home pay?
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Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero : You never know.
Rose Balestrero : I know. I know.
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Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero : Tell you what we'll do. This evening, we'll take time for music lessons. Bob'll have a lesson on the piano and Greg on the harmonica.
Gregory Balestrero : Mine first!
Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero : Each lesson will be fifteen minutes, and Greg's...
[phone rings. He picks it up]
Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero : Hello...? Hello, Mother.
