Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Last year's No. 1 best-seller...This year's No. 1 motion picture.
- Released
- Runtime 2h 41m
- Director Otto Preminger
- Genres Crime Drama Mystery
- Rating 7.8/10 (1,212 votes)
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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James Stewart
as Paul Biegler
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Lee Remick
as Laura Manion
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Ben Gazzara
as Lt. Frederick Manion
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Arthur O'Connell
as Parnell Emmett McCarthy
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Eve Arden
as Maida Rutledge
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Kathryn Grant
as Mary Pilant
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George C. Scott
as Claude Dancer
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Orson Bean
as Dr. Matthew Smith
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Russ Brown
as George Lemon
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Murray Hamilton
as Alphonse Paquette
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Brooks West
as Dist. Atty. Mitch Lodwick
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Ken Lynch
as Det. Sgt. James Durgo
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John Qualen
as Deputy Sheriff Sulo
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Howard McNear
as Dr. Dompierre
- Alexander Campbell as Dr. W. Gregory Harcourt
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Ned Wever
as Dr. Raschid
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Jimmy Conlin
as Clarence Madigan
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Joseph N. Welch
as Judge Weaver
Crew
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Otto Preminger
Director
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Sam Leavitt
Director of Photography
- Louis R. Loeffler Editor
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Duke Ellington
Original Music Composer
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Otto Preminger
Producer
- Wendell Mayes Screenplay
