Anatomy of a Murder 1959

No search of human emotions has ever probed so deeply, so truthfully as… Anatomy of a Murder.

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NR
Crime Drama Mystery

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.

Release Date 1959-01-07
Runtime 2h 41m
Directors Sam Leavitt, Otto Preminger, Hal W. Polaire, David Silver, Ray Taylor Jr.
Producers Otto Preminger, Max Slater
Writers Wendell Mayes, John D. Voelker