Anatomy of a Murder

July. 01,1959      NR
Rating:
8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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

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