Overview - Anatomy of a Murder

Overview

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.

Cast

• Name: James Stewart

  Character: Paul Biegler

  Popularity: 22.302

  

• Name: Lee Remick

  Character: Laura Manion

  Popularity: 9.086

  

• Name: Ben Gazzara

  Character: Lt. Frederick Manion

  Popularity: 10.284

  

• Name: Arthur O'Connell

  Character: Parnell Emmett McCarthy

  Popularity: 3.22

  

• Name: Eve Arden

  Character: Maida Rutledge

  Popularity: 2.52

  

• Name: Kathryn Grant

  Character: Mary Pilant

  Popularity: 4.742

  

• Name: George C. Scott

  Character: Claude Dancer

  Popularity: 9.524

  

• Name: Orson Bean

  Character: Dr. Matthew Smith

  Popularity: 4.684