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Anatomy of a Murder

Last year's No. 1 best-seller...This year's No. 1 motion picture.

Rating 7.8 / 10Release July 1, 1959Runtime 161 min

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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