Anatomy of a Murder
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7/1/1959Runtime
161 minsOverview
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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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$2,000,000Revenue
$8,000,000Homepage
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A meticulous, intellectually rigorous courtroom film that treats a morally complex case with unflinching seriousness, unfolding like a chess match between flawed men seeking truth through legal machinery. Biegler's crafty defense strategy and the film's willingness to examine uncomfortable realities about desire and violence give it a weight that lingers well beyond the verdict.
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James Stewart
Paul Biegler
Lee Remick
Laura Manion
Ben Gazzara
Lt. Frederick Manion
Arthur O'Connell
Parnell Emmett McCarthy
Eve Arden
Maida Rutledge
Kathryn Grant
Mary Pilant
George C. Scott
Claude Dancer
Orson Bean
Dr. Matthew Smith
Russ Brown
George Lemon
Murray Hamilton
Alphonse Paquette
Brooks West
Dist. Atty. Mitch Lodwick
Ken Lynch
Det. Sgt. James Durgo
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