Paul "Pauly" Biegler
James Stewart
Paul "Pauly" Biegler
Anatomy of a Murder
“No search of human emotions has ever probed so deeply, so truthfully as… Anatomy of a Murder.”
7.8
1959
2h 41m
CrimeDramaMystery
Director: Otto Preminger
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.
Trailer
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Cast
Laura Manion
Lee Remick
Laura Manion
Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion
Ben Gazzara
Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion
Parnell Emmett "Parn" McCarthy
Arthur O'Connell
Parnell Emmett "Parn" McCarthy
Maida Rutledge
Eve Arden
Maida Rutledge
Mary Pilant
Kathryn Grant
Mary Pilant
AAG Claude Dancer
George C. Scott
AAG Claude Dancer
Dr. Matthew Smith
Orson Bean
Dr. Matthew Smith
Deputy Sheriff George Lemon
Russ Brown
Deputy Sheriff George Lemon
Alphonse "Al" Paquette
Murray Hamilton
Alphonse "Al" Paquette
DA Mitchell "Mitch" Lodwick
Brooks West
DA Mitchell "Mitch" Lodwick
Det. Sgt. James "Jim" Durgo
Ken Lynch
Det. Sgt. James "Jim" Durgo
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Featurettes (4)
Three Reasons: Anatomy of a Murder
Leonard Maltin On ANATOMY OF A MURDER
John Badham on ANATOMY OF A MURDER
"Anatomy of a Murder" Premiere (1959)
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