Anatomy of a Murder

• 7.8 Crime
• 1959-07-01
• 161 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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)

Director:

Otto Preminger

Writer:

Wendell Mayes