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Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Directed by Otto Preminger

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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.

Rated NR | Length 161 minutes

Actors

James Stewart | Lee Remick | Ben Gazzara | Arthur O'Connell | Eve Arden | Kathryn Grant | George C. Scott | Orson Bean | Russ Brown | Murray Hamilton | Brooks West | Ken Lynch | John Qualen | Howard McNear | Alexander Campbell | Ned Wever | Jimmy Conlin | Royal Beal | Joseph Kearns | Don Ross | Lloyd Le Vasseur | James Waters | Joseph N. Welch | Duke Ellington | Irv Kupcinet | Chuck Ramsay | Mrs. Joseph Welch