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    Anatomy of a Murder 1959 POSTER

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959

    English

    8.0

    37

    100%

    91%

    Action

    adultery

    based on novel or book

    court case

    Crime

    Drama

    jealousy

    michigan

    Mystery

    rape

    Thriller

    Otto Preminger Otto Preminger Director Murray Hamilton Murray Hamilton as Alphonse Paquette James Waters James Waters as Army Sergeant 1st Class John Qualen John Qualen as Deputy Sheriff Sulo Arthur O'Connell Arthur O'Connell as Parnell Emmett McCarthy
    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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