Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

ALL 07/01/1959 (en) Crime, Drama, Mystery 161 Min
  • Release
    07/01/1959
  • Production
    Columbia Pictures, Otto Preminger Films
  • Rotten tomato
    78.36%
  • Original title
    Anatomy of a Murder
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 8,000,000.00
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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.

  1. Otto Preminger

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Otto Preminger

    Producer



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  1. James Stewart

    Paul Biegler

  2. Lee Remick

    Laura Manion

  3. Ben Gazzara

    Lt. Frederick Manion

  4. Arthur O'Connell

    Parnell Emmett McCarthy

  5. Eve Arden

    Maida Rutledge

  6. Kathryn Grant

    Mary Pilant

  7. George C. Scott

    Claude Dancer

  8. Orson Bean

    Dr. Matthew Smith

  9. Russ Brown

    George Lemon

  10. Murray Hamilton

    Alphonse Paquette

  11. Brooks West

    Dist. Atty. Mitch Lodwick

  12. Ken Lynch

    Det. Sgt. James Durgo

  13. John Qualen

    Deputy Sheriff Sulo

  14. Howard McNear

    Dr. Dompierre

  15. Alexander Campbell

    Dr. W. Gregory Harcourt

  16. Ned Wever

    Dr. Raschid

  17. Jimmy Conlin

    Clarence Madigan

  18. Royal Beal

    Sheriff Battisfore

  19. Joseph Kearns

    Lloyd Burke

  20. Don Ross

    Duane 'Duke' Miller

  21. Lloyd Le Vasseur

    Court Clerk

  22. James Waters

    Army Sergeant 1st Class

  23. Joseph N. Welch

    Judge Weaver

  24. Duke Ellington

    Pie Eye (uncredited)

  25. Irv Kupcinet

    Distinguished Gentleman (uncredited)

  26. Chuck Ramsay

    Orderly (uncredited)

  27. Agnes Rodgers Brown

    Juror (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 27 , Crews : 42

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Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 161 Min

ALL 07/01/1959 (en)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
  • Release 07/01/1959
  • Production
    Columbia Pictures, Otto Preminger Films
  • Original title Anatomy of a Murder
  • en
  • Revenue8,000,000.00

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.

  1. Otto Preminger

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Louis R. Loeffler

    Editor

  4. Otto Preminger

    Producer