
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.
Release Date: 1959-07-01
Crime
Drama
Mystery
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Casts

James Stewart
as Paul Biegler

Lee Remick
as Laura Manion

Ben Gazzara
as Lt. Frederick Manion

Arthur O'Connell
as Parnell Emmett McCarthy

Eve Arden
as Maida Rutledge

Kathryn Grant
as Mary Pilant

George C. Scott
as Claude Dancer

Orson Bean
as Dr. Matthew Smith

Russ Brown
as George Lemon

Murray Hamilton
as Alphonse Paquette