Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
"No search of human emotions has ever probed so deeply, so truthfully as… Anatomy of a Murder."
Critics Score
🎬 98%
(RT: 100%, MC: 95) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Eve Arden as Maida Rutledge
Kathryn Grant as Mary Pilant
Is Anatomy of a Murder good?
Most people think so. 83% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 98%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
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. Wikipedia ↗
