Release Date
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Original Release
July 1, 1959
2h 41m
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
⭐ 7.8161 min
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.
Director
Otto Preminger
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 1.1
Cast
James Stewart
Paul "Pauly" Biegler
⭐1.8
Lee Remick
Laura Manion
⭐1.9
Ben Gazzara
Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion
⭐1.4
Arthur O'Connell
Parnell Emmett "Parn" McCarthy
⭐0.6
Eve Arden
Maida Rutledge
⭐1.9
Kathryn Grant
Mary Pilant
⭐0.6
George C. Scott
AAG Claude Dancer
⭐2.3
Orson Bean
Dr. Matthew Smith
⭐1.3
Russ Brown
Deputy Sheriff George Lemon
⭐0.2
Murray Hamilton
Alphonse "Al" Paquette
⭐1.4
Genres
CrimeDramaMystery
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