MOVIE · 1959
Anatomy of a Murder
Last year's No. 1 best-seller...This year's No. 1 motion picture.
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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Anatomy of a Murder
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Story
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
Featured cast
James StewartPaul Biegler
Lee RemickLaura Manion
Ben GazzaraLt. Frederick Manion
Arthur O'ConnellParnell Emmett McCarthy
Eve ArdenMaida Rutledge
Kathryn GrantMary Pilant
George C. ScottClaude Dancer
Orson BeanDr. Matthew SmithMORE TO EXPLORE
