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Anatomy of a Murder

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Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

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Reviews Counted:188

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Rotten:9

Average Rating:8.2/10

Consensus: One of cinema's greatest courtroom dramas, Anatomy of a Murder is tense, thought-provoking, and brilliantly acted, with great performances from James Stewart and George C. Scott.

Runtime: 2 hrs 41 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Director Preminger thrives in tense legal showdowns and this is perhaps his best, mostly for Stewart's cagey performance as a deceptively wily small-town lawyer. An army lieutenant shoots a bar... Director Preminger thrives in tense legal showdowns and this is perhaps his best, mostly for Stewart's cagey performance as a deceptively wily small-town lawyer. An army lieutenant shoots a bar owner for allegedly raping his wife. A trial ensues, in which his attempts to convince the jury that the lieutenant is innocent of first degree murder because of he was the victim of an "irresistible impulse." The plot is complicated by the nature of the criminal and defendants, none of whom is purely good or evil, but who all have a complex relationship to the law and to society. [More]

Starring: James Stewart, George C. Scott, Murray Hamilton, Eve Arden

Starring: James Stewart, George C. Scott, Murray Hamilton, Eve Arden, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Orson Bean, Arthur O'Connell

Director: Otto Preminger

Director: Otto Preminger
Producer: Otto Preminger
Composer: Duke Ellington

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