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Anatomy of a Murder

(1959)

July 1, 1959 2h 41m
78%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

Otto Preminger

Director

Top Billed Cast

JS

James Stewart

Paul "Pauly" Biegler

LR

Lee Remick

Laura Manion

BG

Ben Gazzara

Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion

AO

Arthur O'Connell

Parnell Emmett "Parn" McCarthy

EA

Eve Arden

Maida Rutledge

KG

Kathryn Grant

Mary Pilant

GCS

George C. Scott

AAG Claude Dancer

OB

Orson Bean

Dr. Matthew Smith

RB

Russ Brown

Deputy Sheriff George Lemon

MH

Murray Hamilton

Alphonse "Al" Paquette

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