Anatomy of a Murder
NR
1959
161 minutes
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.
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Top 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
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)