Anatomy of a Murder
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19592h 41mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- Crime
- Mystery
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 1, 1959
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Columbia Pictures,Carlyle Productions
- Cast
- James Stewart,Lee Remick,Ben Gazzara,Arthur O'Connell,Eve Arden,Kathryn Grant,George C. Scott,Orson Bean,Russ Brown,Murray Hamiltonand 17 more
- Director
- Otto Preminger
- Writer
- Wendell Mayes,John D. Voelker
- Producer
- Otto Preminger
- Cinematography
- Sam Leavitt
- Music
- Duke Ellington
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Revenue
- $8,000,000
- IMDb
- tt0052561