Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Directed by Otto Preminger

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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.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Language: en

Production

Cinematographer: Sam Leavitt · Composer: Duke Ellington · Editor: Louis R. Loeffler · Production Design: Boris Leven

Production: Columbia Pictures

Budget: $2.0M

Script: Read the script on Script Slug

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