Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder
“ Last year's No. 1 best-seller...This year's No. 1 motion picture. ”
CINEMA1959-07-01
RegionUS
Runtime160 MIN
Media TypeMovie
Storyline
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 bus...
DIRECTOR / Director
Otto Preminger
KEYWORDS
adulteryjealousyrapebased on novel or bookcourt casemichiganjudgehays codejazzjurorstriallawyerblack and whitecourtroommurder trialcourtroom drama
