Anatomy of a Murder
movie
No search of human emotions has ever probed so deeply, so truthfully as… Anatomy of a Murder.
Released July 01, 1959
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.
Cast
James Stewart
as
Paul "Pauly" Biegler
Lee Remick
as
Laura Manion
Ben Gazzara
as
Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion
Arthur O'Connell
as
Parnell Emmett "Parn" McCarthy
Eve Arden
as
Maida Rutledge
Kathryn Grant
as
Mary Pilant
George C. Scott
as
AAG Claude Dancer
Orson Bean
as
Dr. Matthew Smith
Russ Brown
as
Deputy Sheriff George Lemon
Murray Hamilton
as
Alphonse "Al" Paquette
Brooks West
as
DA Mitchell "Mitch" Lodwick
Ken Lynch
as
Det. Sgt. James "Jim" Durgo
Crew
Otto Preminger
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Director
Duke Ellington
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Original Music Composer
Otto Preminger
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Producer
Sam Leavitt
as
Director of Photography
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Louis R. Loeffler
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Editor
Boris Leven
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Production Design
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Richard Carruth
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Sound Designer
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Jack Solomon
as
Sound Designer
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Irving Rosenberg
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Camera Operator
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James Almond
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Lighting Technician
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Wendell Mayes
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Screenplay
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Madine Danks
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Hairdresser