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Anatomy of a Murder

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

12A · 9 Jul 1959 · 161 min · English

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The film

Synopsis

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.

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Cast & characters

James Stewart

Paul "Pauly" Biegler

Lee Remick

Laura Manion

Ben Gazzara

Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion

Arthur O'Connell

Parnell Emmett "Parn" McCarthy

Eve Arden

Maida Rutledge

Kathryn Grant

Mary Pilant

George C. Scott

AAG Claude Dancer

Orson Bean

Dr. Matthew Smith

Russ Brown

Deputy Sheriff George Lemon

Murray Hamilton

Alphonse "Al" Paquette

Brooks West

DA Mitchell "Mitch" Lodwick

Ken Lynch

Det. Sgt. James "Jim" Durgo

Behind the camera

Key crew

Director
Otto Preminger
Writing
Wendell Mayes, John D. Voelker
Cinematography
Sam Leavitt
Original music
Duke Ellington

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