James Stewart
Paul Biegler
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Anatomy of a Murder. Anatomy of a Murder is a 1959 American courtroom drama [2] film produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Wendell Mayes was based on the 1958 novel of the same name written by Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D. Voelker under the pen name of Robert Traver.
- $8 million (rentals)
- Otto Preminger
- $2 million
- Duke Ellington
A courtroom drama based on a best-selling novel, starring James Stewart as a lawyer who defends a soldier accused of killing a rapist. The film features controversial dialogue, a cynical view of the legal system, and a twisty plot.
- (69K)
- Drama, Mystery
- Otto Preminger
- 1959-07-13
One of cinema's greatest courtroom dramas, Anatomy of a Murder is tense, thought-provoking, and brilliantly acted, with great performances from James Stewart and George C. Scott. Semi-retired ...
- (825)
- James Stewart
- Otto Preminger
- Carlyle Productions
Synopsis. In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, small-town lawyer Paul Biegler (James Stewart), a former district attorney who lost his re-election bid, spends most of his time fishing, playing the piano, and hanging out with his alcoholic friend and colleague Parnell McCarthy (Arthur O'Connell) and sardonic secretary Maida Rutledge (Eve Arden ...
Anatomy Of A Murder. When his flirtatious young wife (Lee Remick) claims she was raped, an army lieutenant (Ben Gazzara) kills her attacker and hires a small-town lawyer (James Stewart) to defend him. 2,032 IMDb 8.0 2 h 40 min 1959. X-Ray HDR UHD 13+. Drama · Compelling · Intense · Serious. Watch with a free Prime trial.
- 160 min
- 24
Anatomy Of A Murder (1959) -- (Movie Clip) An Attractive Jiggle One of a tiny number of movie appearances by jazz pioneer Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington, who wrote the score, with sidemen including Paul Gonsalves on tenor, Cat Anderson on trumpet, lawyer Biegler (James Stewart) sitting in, before he finds and berates Laura (Lee Remick), wife of the soldier he’s defending on murder ...
A classic courtroom drama starring James Stewart as a lawyer defending a soldier accused of murdering a rapist. The film features a score by Duke Ellington, a script by Otto Preminger, and a cast of notable actors.
