Anatomy of a Murder

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1959-09-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

160 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (41594 Reviews)

Director:

Otto Preminger

Genres:

Crime Drama Mystery

Cast:

James Stewart Lee Remick Ben Gazzara Arthur O'Connell

Writer:

Wendell Mayes (screenplay)

John D. Voelker (based on the novel by)

Fullplot:

Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara), a lieutenant in the army, is arrested for the murder of a bartender, Barney Quill. He claims, in his defense, that the victim had raped and beaten up his wife Laura (Lee Remick). Although Laura supports her husband's story, the police surgeon can find no evidence that she has been raped. Manion is defended by Paul Biegler (James Stewart), a rather humble small-town lawyer. During the course of interviews, Biegler discovers that Manion is violently possessive and jealous, and also that his wife has a reputation for giving her favors to other men. Biegler realizes that the prosecution will try to make the court believe that Laura was the lover of the bartender and than Manion killed him and beat her up when he discovered them together. Manion pleads "not guilty" and Biegler, who knows that his case is weak, sets his assistants to try to find a witness who will save Manion.

Comments:

Tempora rem harum alias eaque qui. Dicta harum ea laborum occaecati nemo. Deleniti laboriosam optio ea dicta corrupti nulla.

By:

Edward Barrett

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