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Anatomy of a Murder

Last year's No. 1 best-seller...This year's No. 1 motion picture.

1959 2h 41m ★ 7.8 (1,218 votes) Released

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner, who's hiding a dark secret.

Crew: Wendell Mayes (Screenplay) · Otto Preminger (Director)

Cast

James Stewart

Paul Biegler

Lee Remick

Laura Manion

Ben Gazzara

Lt. Frederick Manion

Arthur O'Connell

Parnell Emmett McCarthy

Eve Arden

Maida Rutledge

Kathryn Grant

Mary Pilant

George C. Scott

Claude Dancer

Orson Bean

Dr. Matthew Smith

Russ Brown

George Lemon

Murray Hamilton

Alphonse Paquette

Brooks West

Dist. Atty. Mitch Lodwick

Ken Lynch

Det. Sgt. James Durgo

Keywords

adulteryjealousyrapebased on novel or bookcourt casemichiganjudgehays codejazzjurors

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