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starring: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Arden directed by: Otto Preminger See Larger Image Used Price: $1.94 Collectible Price: $19.98 Third Party New Price: $17.00 Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302800890 Format: Black & White, NTSC ISBN: 6302800897 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Release Date: June 21, 1994 Running Time: 160 minutes Sales Rank: 6745 Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: July 01, 1959 Related Items: Witness For the Prosecution 12 Angry Men Inherit the Wind To Kill a Mockingbird (Collector's Edition) The Verdict (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) see more Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential video: Otto Preminger turned this 1959 courtroom drama, based on the popular novel, into terrific adult drama. James Stewart stars as a small-town lawyer who defends an army officer (Ben Gazzara) accused of murdering a bartender who assaulted his wife (Lee Remick). The taut script, large performance by Stewart, and then-daring elements of the story (words like 'panties' are spoken in the context of discussing a sex crime) give the action a certain immediacy--which you don't find very often in today's movies about jurisprudence. Nice work by Remick and Gazzara, as well as George C. Scott, Arthur O'Connell, and real-life judge Joseph N. Welch, who plays the judge in this film. A very good experience all around. --Tom Keogh Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Preminger's most famous film, and one that holds up extremely well today... I've been watching the entire Otto Preminger catalog lately, and I got around to seeing what is arguably his most famous film. Seeing it again makes me realise that it's a masterpiece of tension, performances, dialogue, and cinematography. There is so much to like about this film. Nothing here in the trial or the characterisations is present in black and white (there's even a dialogue by Stewart to a potential witness about how people aren't black and white). It is full blown ambiguity, ... Read More Rating: - CLASSIC COURTROOM DRAMA This Otto Preminger directed film is vintage Jimmy Stewart who plays a country lawyer recently voted out of the county prosecutors office he held for many years. Fishing seems to have replaced legal work and as the film opens his long time secretary (Arden) is asking for enough money to cover her pay check. He needs a case to bring in some fees. Laura Manion (Remick) shows up looking for a lawyer to defend her Army officer husband, Lt. Frederick Manion (Gazzara) who is accused of murdering a local bartender ... Read More Rating: - This is the movie for actual courtroom procedure viewing. I was recommended this film as one of only a handful of films that adequately depicts real-life courtroom "skirmishes". Though the film rarely deviates from actual criminal procedures, the excellent screenplay and direction still delivers a fantastic, attention-grabbing thriller. The acting is superb (how could it be otherwise with exellent and hardworking Jimmy Stewart headlining) and the movie's pace keeps you vitally interested. This is one of my favorite movies. Rating: - Anatomy of a Murder DVD The movie was just as good as I remembered it. The acting was superb. It was interesting to see how our idea of "proper" attire has changed. Rating: - Anatomy of a perfect courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder (Otto Preminger, 1957) To call Anatomy of a Murder the definitive courtroom film is, perhaps, not going quite far enough. Sure, there had been others, and there are certainly other classic courtroom dramas, but Anatomy of a Murder seems to be the basis for the outpouring of courtroom films and TV shows we have today; the bickering of the lawyers, the badgering of the witnesses, the bamboozling of the jury. The plot is very straightforward, compared to Law and Order ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: By Theme - Drama - Genres - VHS - Video - Domestic Violence Drama - Genres - VHS - Video - Classics Drama - Genres - VHS - Video - General AAS Crime - Mystery & Suspense - Genres - VHS - Video - Courtroom Drama Mystery & Suspense - Genres - VHS - Video - Suspense