Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
07/01/1959 (US) • 2h 41m
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
Paul Biegler
Laura Manion
Lt. Frederick Manion
Parnell Emmett McCarthy
Maida Rutledge
Mary Pilant
Claude Dancer
Dr. Matthew Smith
George Lemon
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