
Feature film — 1959
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
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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Director: Otto Preminger
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Cast & crew

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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