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.

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Last year's No. 1 best-seller...This year's No. 1 motion picture.

★ 7.8/10 July 1, 1959 161 min

CrimeDramaMystery

Director: Otto Preminger  ·  Writer: Wendell Mayes

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

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