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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

Original Language: en

Genres: Crime Drama Mystery

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Popularity:

17.198

Cast Members

James Stewart

Paul Biegler

Lee Remick

Laura Manion

Ben Gazzara

Lt. Frederick Manion

Arthur O'Connell

Parnell Emmett McCarthy

Eve Arden

Maida Rutledge

Kathryn Grant

Mary Pilant

George C. Scott

Claude Dancer

Orson Bean

Dr. Matthew Smith

Russ Brown

George Lemon

Murray Hamilton

Alphonse Paquette

Brooks West

Dist. Atty. Mitch Lodwick

Ken Lynch

Det. Sgt. James Durgo

John Qualen

Deputy Sheriff Sulo

Howard McNear

Dr. Dompierre

Alexander Campbell

Dr. W. Gregory Harcourt

Ned Wever

Dr. Raschid

Jimmy Conlin

Clarence Madigan

Royal Beal

Sheriff Battisfore

Joseph Kearns

Lloyd Burke

Don Ross

Duane 'Duke' Miller

Lloyd Le Vasseur

Court Clerk

James Waters

Army Sergeant 1st Class

Joseph N. Welch

Judge Weaver

Duke Ellington

Pie Eye (uncredited)

Irv Kupcinet

Distinguished Gentleman (uncredited)

Chuck Ramsay

Orderly (uncredited)

Agnes Rodgers Brown

Juror (uncredited)