Anatomy of a Murder

Also Known As: Anatomie eines Mordes

Company: Carlyle Productions

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Budget: n/A

Full Cast: James Stewart / Lee Remick / Ben Gazzara / Arthur O'Connell / Eve Arden / Kathryn Grant / George C. Scott / Orson Bean / Russ Brown / Murray Hamilton / Brooks West / Ken Lynch / John Qualen / Howard McNear / Alexander Campbell / Ned Wever / Jimmy Conlin / Royal Beal / Joseph Kearns / Don Ross / Lloyd Le Vasseur / James Waters / Joseph N. Welch / Duke Ellington / Irv Kupcinet / Mrs. Joseph Welch

Cast and Character: James Stewart as Paul Biegler / Lee Remick as Laura Manion / Ben Gazzara as Lt. Frederick Manion / Arthur O'Connell as Parnell Emmett McCarthy / Eve Arden as Maida Rutledge / Kathryn Grant as Mary Pilant / George C. Scott as Asst. State Atty. Gen. Claude Dancer / Orson Bean as Dr. Matthew Smith / Russ Brown as George Lemon / Murray Hamilton as Alphonse Paquette / Brooks West as Dist. Atty. Mitch Lodwick / Ken Lynch as Det. Sgt. James Durgo / John Qualen as Deputy Sheriff Sulo / Howard McNear as Dr. Dompierre / Alexander Campbell as Dr. W. Gregory Harcourt

Color: Black and White

Countries: USA

Creators: n/A

Description: In a murder trial, the defendant says he suffered temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case?

Directors: Otto Preminger

Genres: Crime / Drama / Mystery

Languages: English

Location: 2nd Floor, Marquette County Courthouse - 234 W. Baraga Avenue, Marquette, Michigan, USA

MPAA: Unrated

Opening Weekend: n/A

Plot: Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara), a lieutenant in the army, is arrested for the murder of a bartender, Barney Quill. He claims, in his defense, that the victim had raped and beaten up his wife Laura (Lee Remick). Although Laura supports her husband's story, the police surgeon can find no evidence that she has been raped. Manion is defended by Paul Biegler (James Stewart), a rather humble small-town lawyer. During the course of interviews, Biegler discovers that Manion is violently possessive and jealous, and also that his wife has a reputation for giving her favors to other men. Biegler realizes that the prosecution will try to make the court believe that Laura was the lover of the bartender and than Manion killed him and beat her up when he discovered them together. Manion pleads "not guilty" and Biegler, who knows that his case is weak, sets his assistants to try to find a witness who will save Manion.

Poster: posters/0052561.jpg

Rating: 8.1

Release Date: September 1959 (Austria)

Runtime: 160 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Mono

Tagline: n/A

Title: Anatomy of a Murder

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052561/

Votes: 30,339

Writers: Wendell Mayes / John D. Voelker

Year: 1959

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Anatomy of a Murder got rated 8.1.

About the movie: Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara), a lieutenant in the army, is arrested for the murder of a bartender, Barney Quill. He claims, in his defense, that the victim had raped and beaten up his wife Laura (Lee Remick). Although Laura supports her husband's story, the police surgeon can find no evidence that she has been raped. Manion is defended by Paul Biegler (James Stewart), a rather humble small-town lawyer. During the course of interviews, Biegler discovers that Manion is violently possessive and jealous, and also that his wife has a reputation for giving her favors to other men. Biegler realizes that the prosecution will try to make the court believe that Laura was the lover of the bartender and than Manion killed him and beat her up when he discovered them together. Manion pleads "not guilty" and Biegler, who knows that his case is weak, sets his assistants to try to find a witness who will save Manion.

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Rope got rated 8.1.

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Oldboy got rated n/A.

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