Anatomy of a Murder
- Release Date
- 01 Jul 1959
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2H 41M
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.
- Directed by
- Otto Preminger
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
- Otto Preminger Films
- Writers
- Wendell Mayes
- John D. Voelker
- Music by
- Duke Ellington
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Anatomy of a Murder
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
- 01 Jul 1959
- Directed by
- Otto Preminger
- Writers
- Wendell Mayes
- John D. Voelker
- Music by
- Duke Ellington
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
- Otto Preminger Films

Laura Manion

Lt. Frederick Manion

Parnell Emmett McCarthy

Maida Rutledge

Mary Pilant

Claude Dancer

Dr. Matthew Smith

George Lemon

Alphonse Paquette

Det. Sgt. James Durgo

Deputy Sheriff Sulo

Dr. Dompierre

Dr. W. Gregory Harcourt

Dr. Raschid

Clarence Madigan

Lloyd Burke

Duane 'Duke' Miller

Pie Eye (uncredited)







































