Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

07/01/1959 (US) • 2h 41m

Crime, Drama, Mystery

No search of human emotions has ever probed so deeply, so truthfully as… Anatomy of a Murder.

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.

Top Billed 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$2,000,000.00

Revenue

$8,000,000.00

Keywords

adultery

jealousy

rape

based on novel or book

court case

michigan

judge

hays code

jazz

jurors

trial

lawyer

courtroom

murder trial

courtroom drama

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