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Anatomy of a Murder(1959)
Status: Released
Date: 1959-07-01
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1093 Votes
Time: 2h 41m
No search of human emotions has ever probed so deeply, so truthfully as… Anatomy of a Murder.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $2,000,000.00
Revenue: $8,000,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Otto Preminger Films
Movie: Anatomy of a Murder
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
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