Manny Balestrero, the real-life model for Henry Fonda’s character in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man, appears as the first guest on To Tell the Truth. Balestrero, a New York bass player, was arrested and tried for an armed robbery that he did not commit. Bud Collyer is the host and the panelists are Polly Bergen, Dick Van Dyke, Hildy Parks, and John Cameron Swayze. This episode was originally telecast by CBS on January 15, 1957:
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