Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
James Stewart
Paul Biegler
Lee Remick
Laura Manion
Ben Gazzara
Lt. Frederick Manion
Arthur O'Connell
Parnell Emmett McCarthy
Eve Arden
Maida Rutledge
Kathryn Grant
Mary Pilant
George C. Scott
Claude Dancer
Orson Bean
Dr. Matthew Smith
Russ Brown
George Lemon
Murray Hamilton
Alphonse Paquette
Brooks West
Dist. Atty. Mitch Lodwick
Ken Lynch
Det. Sgt. James Durgo
John Qualen
Deputy Sheriff Sulo
Howard McNear
Dr. Dompierre
Alexander Campbell
Dr. W. Gregory Harcourt
Ned Wever
Dr. Raschid
Jimmy Conlin
Clarence Madigan
Royal Beal
Sheriff Battisfore
Joseph Kearns
Lloyd Burke
Don Ross
Duane 'Duke' Miller
Lloyd Le Vasseur
Court Clerk
James Waters
Army Sergeant 1st Class
Joseph N. Welch
Judge Weaver
Duke Ellington
Pie Eye (uncredited) / Original Music Composer
Irv Kupcinet
Distinguished Gentleman (uncredited)
Chuck Ramsay
Orderly (uncredited)
Mrs. Joseph Welch
Juror (uncredited)
Sam Leavitt
Director of Photography
Jack Solomon
Sound Designer / Sound
Irving Rosenberg
Camera Operator
Wendell Mayes
Screenplay
Louis R. Loeffler
Editor
James Almond
Lighting Technician
Otto Preminger
Director / Producer
Boris Leven
Production Design
Richard Carruth
Sound Designer / Music Editor
Irving W. Sindler
Property Master
Paula Giokaris
Costume Design
John D. Voelker
Technical Supervisor / Novel
Norman Pringle
Makeup Artist
Al St. Hilaire
Still Photographer
Harry Ray
Makeup Artist
John Loeffler
Assistant Editor
Hal W. Polaire
Assistant Director
David Silver
Assistant Director
Vou Lee Giokaris
Costume Design / Wardrobe Master
Kathleen Fagan
Script Supervisor
Del Armstrong
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 7, 1959
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 41m
Content RatingNR
Budget$2,000,000
Box Office$8,000,000
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Wiki.
Anatomy of a Murder is a 1959 American courtroom drama film produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Wendell Mayes was based on the 1958 novel of the same name written by Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D. Voelker under the pen name of Robert Traver. Voelker based the novel on a 1952 murder case in which he was the defense attorney.The film stars James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, George C. Scott, Arthur O'Connell, Kathryn Grant, Brooks West (Arden's husband), Orson Bean, and Murray Hamilton. The judge was played by Joseph N. Welch, a real-life lawyer famous for dressing down Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings. It has a musical score by Duke Ellington, who also appears in the film. It has been described by Michael Asimow, UCLA law professor and co-author of Reel Justice: The Courtroom Goes to the Movies (2006), as "probably the finest pure trial movie ever made".In 2012, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".