Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

7.8 | Jul 01, 1959 (US) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 02:41

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Budget: 2 000 000 | Revenue: 8 000 000

No search of human emotions has ever probed so deeply, so truthfully as… Anatomy of a Murder.

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.