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Anatomy of a Murder 1959 Directed by Otto Preminger

No search of human emotions has ever probed so deeply, so truthfully as… Anatomy of a Murder.

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Crime , Drama , Mystery
Production Companies Columbia Pictures , Otto Preminger Films
Budget $2,000,000
Revenue $8,000,000
Release Date 1 July 1959
161 mins
Cast
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
John Qualen Deputy Sheriff Sulo
Howard McNear Dr. Dompierre
Alexander Campbell Dr. W. Gregory Harcourt
Ned Wever Dr. Raschid
Jimmy Conlin Clarence Madigan
Royal Beal Sheriff Battisfore
Joseph Kearns Lloyd Burke
Don Ross Duane 'Duke' Miller
Lloyd Le Vasseur Court Clerk
James Waters Army Sergeant 1st Class
Joseph N. Welch Judge Weaver
Duke Ellington Pie Eye (uncredited)
Irv Kupcinet Distinguished Gentleman (uncredited)
Chuck Ramsay Orderly (uncredited)
Agnes Rodgers Brown Juror (uncredited)