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.
Details
- Director
- Otto Preminger
- Writer
- Wendell Mayes
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $2,000,000
Cast
Arthur O'Connell
Ben Gazzara
Eve Arden
George C. Scott
James Stewart
Kathryn Grant
Lee Remick
Murray Hamilton
Orson Bean
Russ Brown
Keywords
adultery
based on novel or book
court case
courtroom
courtroom drama
criterion
hays code
jazz
jealousy
judge
jurors
lawyer
michigan
murder trial
rape
trial
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