Anatomy of a Murder · 1959

Anatomy of a Murder

«No search of human emotions has ever probed so deeply, so truthfully as… Anatomy of a Murder.»

Otto Preminger · 161 min · United States of America

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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Budget

$2,000,000

Worldwide revenue

$8,000,000

Profit

$6,000,000

Production companies

Columbia Pictures, Otto Preminger Films

Locations

Setting

Míchigan

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Cast

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  James Stewart

  Paul "Pauly" Biegler

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  Lee Remick

  Laura Manion

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  Ben Gazzara

  Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion

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  Arthur O'Connell

  Parnell Emmett "Parn" McCarthy

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  Eve Arden

  Maida Rutledge

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  Kathryn Grant

  Mary Pilant

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  George C. Scott

  AAG Claude Dancer

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  Orson Bean

  Dr. Matthew Smith