Released
Anatomy of a Murder
July 1 1959 (over 65 years ago)Rating
78
Based on
975 reviews
No search of human emotions has ever probed so deeply, so truthfully as… Anatomy of a Murder.
- Director: Otto Preminger
- Writer: Wendell Mayes
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Runtime: 2 h 41 m
- Budget: $2,000,000
- Box office: $8,000,000
- Country: United States of America
- Companies: Columbia Pictures, Otto Preminger Films
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.
