Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

07/02/1959 2h 41m

No search of human emotions has ever probed so deeply, so truthfully as… Anatomy of a Murder.

How old is the movie?

66 years 11 days

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.

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Cast Ages at Release

James Stewart

as Paul Biegler

Born 05/20/1908

Died 07/02/1997, age 89

Lee Remick

as Laura Manion

Born 12/14/1935

Died 07/02/1991, age 55

Ben Gazzara

as Lt. Frederick Manion

Born 08/28/1930

Died 02/03/2012, age 81

Arthur O'Connell

as Parnell Emmett McCarthy

Born 03/29/1908

Died 05/18/1981, age 73

Eve Arden

as Maida Rutledge

Born 04/30/1908

Died 11/12/1990, age 82

Kathryn Grant

as Mary Pilant

Born 11/25/1933, age 91

George C. Scott

as Claude Dancer

Born 10/18/1927

Died 09/22/1999, age 71

Orson Bean

as Dr. Matthew Smith

Born 07/22/1928

Died 02/07/2020, age 91

Murray Hamilton

as Alphonse Paquette

Born 03/24/1923

Died 09/01/1986, age 63

John Qualen

as Deputy Sheriff Sulo

Born 12/06/1899

Died 09/12/1987, age 87

Duke Ellington

as Pie Eye (uncredited)

Born 04/29/1899

Died 05/24/1974, age 75