Anatomy of a Murder
Last year's No. 1 best-seller...This year's No. 1 motion picture.
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.
- Director
- Otto Preminger
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $8M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
21 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Anatomy of a Murder actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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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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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Anatomy of a Murder appears in 3 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Courtroom Dramas Ranked #16
Placed at #16 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Mystery Movies Ranked #48
Placed at #48 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 100 Crime Movies Ranked #99
Placed at #99 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Anatomy of a Murder returned 4.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $8M
- Release date
- Jul 1, 1959
- Runtime
- 2h 41m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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