Anatomy of a Murder
- Released on
- Runtime
- 161 mins
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.
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
- James Stewart
- Lee Remick
- Ben Gazzara
- Arthur O'Connell
- Eve Arden
- Kathryn Grant
- George C. Scott
- Orson Bean
- Russ Brown
- Murray Hamilton
- Brooks West
- Ken Lynch
- John Qualen
- Howard McNear
- Alexander Campbell
- Ned Wever
- Jimmy Conlin
- Royal Beal
- Joseph Kearns
- Don Ross
- Lloyd Le Vasseur
- James Waters
- Joseph N. Welch
- Duke Ellington
- Irv Kupcinet
- Chuck Ramsay
- Agnes Rodgers Brown
Director
- Otto Preminger
Producers
- Otto Preminger
Screenwriter
- Wendell Mayes
