Directed by:
Otto PremingerScreenplay:
Wendell MayesCinematography:
Sam LeavittComposer:
Duke EllingtonCast:
James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant, George C. Scott, Orson Bean, Russ Brown, Murray Hamilton, Duke Ellington (more)VOD (4)
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A virtuoso James Stewart plays a small-town Michigan lawyer who takes on a difficult case: the defense of a young army lieutenant (Ben Gazzara) accused of murdering a local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife (Lee Remick). This gripping envelope-pusher, the most popular film by Hollywood provocateur Otto Preminger, was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex - but more than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![James Stewart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/348/164348337_530de9.png)
James Stewart
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Rear Window (1954)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
![Lee Remick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268091_7eb07c.jpg)
Lee Remick
USA
Best movies:
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
The Omen (1976)
![Ben Gazzara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271607_f89a8d.jpg)
Ben Gazzara
USA
Best movies:
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Dogville (2003)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
![Arthur O'Connell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576474_bfdcb7.jpg)
Arthur O'Connell
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The Last Valley (1971)
![Eve Arden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272400_33a907.jpg)
Eve Arden
USA
Best movies:
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Grease (1978)
![Kathryn Grant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576508_6df0b9.jpg)
Kathryn Grant
USA
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
![George C. Scott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/903/162903645_39aa26.png)
George C. Scott
USA
Best movies:
![Orson Bean](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279321_0d4aad.jpg)
Orson Bean
USA
Best movies:
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Innerspace (1987)
Russ Brown
USA
Best movies:
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Advise and Consent (1962)
It Happened to Jane (1959)
![Murray Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/063/138/63138110_8792b0.jpg)
Murray Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
Jaws (1975)
Brubaker (1980)
![Duke Ellington](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505220_0b09df.jpg)
Duke Ellington
USA
Best movies:
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
Cabin in the Sky (1943)
![John Qualen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792766_12ea22.jpg)
John Qualen
Canada
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Casablanca (1942)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Joseph N. Welch
USA
Best movies:
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
![Ken Lynch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000131_2be03a.gif)
Ken Lynch
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
North by Northwest (1959)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
![Howard McNear](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000183_4e5e18.jpg)
Howard McNear
USA
Best movies:
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Irma la Douce (1963)
Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
![Jimmy Conlin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/478/159478804_97fe53.jpg)
Jimmy Conlin
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Alexander Campbell
USA
Best movies:
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
From the Terrace (1960)
Them! (1954)
James Waters
USA
Best movies:
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The Last Hurrah (1958)
Sergeants 3 (1962)
Don Ross
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Ned Wever
USA
Best movies:
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The Joker Is Wild (1957)
The Shaggy Dog (1959)