Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

7.9	Listal rating
8.2	IMDB rating

Trial (4), Drama (4), Murder (3), Rape (3), Courtroom (3), Girdle (2), 1950s (2), Crime (2), Ontario (2), Bar (2), Michigan (2), Lawyer (2), Judge (2), Soldier (2), Pinball (2), Beer (2), Panties (2), Thriller (1), Bw (1), 1959 (1)

Description

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.

Directed by

Otto Preminger

Starring (View all) :

Paul Biegler

Laura Manion

Lt. Frederick Manion

Parnell Emmett McCarthy

Eve Arden

Maida Rutledge

Kathryn Grant

Mary Pilant

George C. Scott

Asst. State Atty. Gen. Claude Dancer

Orson Bean

Dr. Matthew Smith

Russ Brown

George Lemon

Murray Hamilton

Alphonse Paquette

Written by (View all) :

John D. Voelker

Wendell Mayes

(screenplay)

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