Anatomy of a Murder

1959·161'

Otto Preminger

CrimeMysteryDrama

★ 7.8

Letterboxd TMDB #93

No search of human emotions has ever probed so deeply, so truthfully as… 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.

Cast

James Stewart Paul "Pauly" Biegler

Lee Remick Laura Manion

Ben Gazzara Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion

Arthur O'Connell Parnell Emmett "Parn" McCarthy

Eve Arden Maida Rutledge

Kathryn Grant Mary Pilant

George C. Scott AAG Claude Dancer

Orson Bean Dr. Matthew Smith

Russ Brown Deputy Sheriff George Lemon

Murray Hamilton Alphonse "Al" Paquette

Brooks West DA Mitchell "Mitch" Lodwick

Ken Lynch Det. Sgt. James "Jim" Durgo