Anatomy of a Murder (1959)


Anatomy of a Murder
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8.1 IMDB rating
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James Stewart

James Stewart

Paul Biegler
Lee Remick

Lee Remick

Laura Manion
Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara

Lt. Frederick Manion
Arthur O

Arthur O'Connell

Parnell Emmett McCarthy
Eve Arden

Eve Arden

Maida Rutledge
Kathryn Grant

Kathryn Grant

Mary Pilant
George C. Scott

George C. Scott

Asst. State Atty. Gen. Claude Dancer
Orson Bean

Orson Bean

Dr. Matthew Smith


Written by
Wendell Mayes

Wendell Mayes

(screenplay)
John D. Voelker

John D. Voelker



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1 month, 2 weeks ago at Mar 30 21:20
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After those Saul Bass anthology credits, the false peace of justice being made in the province, ambiguity, doubts, open ending,but more love of truth than hipocresy. Dueke Ellington as bonus track, cant ask for more

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2 years, 2 months ago at Mar 18 15:29
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I'm not one for older movie but I caught this one late last night, and noticed a resemblance to A Time To Kill(One of my favorite movies). That and I like Jimmy Stewart I felt I had to watch it. This is one of Jimmy Stewart's best performances. He plays Paul Beigler, a small-town lawyer who defends a man on a charge that he murdered a man whom his wife accused of having raped her. Stewart leaves h... read more

A great classic

2 years, 1 month ago at Mar 28 6:53
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What an entertaining movie! I thought it was just great. A simple story but still completely spellbinding. It is the proof that you can make a movie without any explosions, shootings, CGI or whatsover and still remain compulsively watchable. Definitely worth a look.
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Laura Manion returns home to tell her husband she's been raped. Lt. Manion kills the rapist and then claims crime of passion as a defense. At least that's his story. Paul Biegler agrees to defend him and must unravel a case in which the motivations of the murderer, his wife, and the victim are all in question.
Release date : 1 September 1959
UPC: 043396070196
Drama (9), 1950s (7), Trial (7), Courtroom (7), Crime (6), Rape (6), Murder (6), Bar (5), Judge (4), Soldier (4), Lawyer (4), Michigan (4), Panties (4), Pinball (4), Ontario (3), Beer (3), Girdle (3), Usa (3), Court (3), 1959 (3)
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