Anatomy of a Murder (1959) [NR]

Release Date:
July 1, 1959

Original Title:
Anatomy of a Murder

Alternate Titles:
Analyse van een moord
Anatomia enos eglimatos
Anatomia unui asasinat
Anatomija jednog ubistva
Anatomija ubistva
Anatomija umora
Anatomiya na edno ubiistvo
Anatomiya ubiystva
Anatomía de un asesinato
Bir Cinayetin Tahlili
Bir Cinayətin Anatomiyası
En studie i mord
Ontleding van een moord
Анатомiя вбивства
一个凶杀案的解析
桃色案件

Genres:
Crime | Drama | Mystery

Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures
Otto Preminger Films

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 16  DE: 16  DK: 15  ES: 16  FI: K-16  FR: TP  GB: 12A  JP: G  NL: 12  PT: M/12  SE: 15  US: NR 

Runtime: 161

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.

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2008
#7
Top 10: COURTROOM DRAMA
10 Greatest COURTROOM DRAMA Films of All Time

Assistant Director:
David Silver
Hal W. Polaire
Ray Taylor Jr.

Assistant Editor:
John Loeffler
Michael Vittes

Camera Operator:
Irving Rosenberg

Costume Coordinator:
Hope Bryce

Costume Design:
Paula Giokaris
Hope Bryce
Vou Lee Giokaris

Director:
Otto Preminger

Director of Photography:
Sam Leavitt

Editor:
Louis R. Loeffler

Hairdresser:
Madine Danks
Myrl Stoltz

Key Grip:
Leo McCreary

Lighting Technician:
James Almond

Makeup Artist:
Del Armstrong
Norman Pringle
Harry Ray

Music Editor:
Richard Carruth

Novel:
John D. Voelker

Original Music Composer:
Duke Ellington

Producer:
Otto Preminger

Producer's Assistant:
Max Slater

Production Design:
Boris Leven

Production Manager:
Henry Weinberger

Property Master:
Irving W. Sindler

Props:
Ken Walton

Screenplay:
Wendell Mayes

Script Supervisor:
Kathleen Fagan

Set Dresser:
Howard Bristol

Sound:
Jack Solomon

Sound Designer:
Jack Solomon
Richard Carruth

Sound Effects Editor:
Don Hall

Still Photographer:
Gjon Mili
Al St. Hilaire

Technical Supervisor:
John D. Voelker

Title Designer:
Saul Bass

Wardrobe Master:
Vou Lee Giokaris
Michael Harte

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