ANATOMY OF A MURDER (CRITERION) (BLU-RAY)

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• Release Year: 1959
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
• Plot: A virtuoso James Stewart plays a small-town Michigan lawyer who takes on a difficult case: the defense of a young Army lieutenant (Ben Gazzara) accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife (Lee Remick). This gripping envelope-pusher, the most popular film by Hollywood provocateur Otto Preminger, was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex—but more than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. With its outstanding supporting cast—with a young George C. Scott as a fiery prosecutor and the legendary attorney Joseph N. Welch as the judge—and influential jazz score by Duke Ellington, Anatomy of a Murder is an American landmark, nominated for seven Oscars, including best picture.;
• Cast: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant, George C. Scott, Orson Bean, Russ Brown, Murray Hamilton, Brooks West, Ken Lynch, John Qualen, Howard McNear, Alexander Campbell, Ned Wever, Jimmy Conlin, Royal Beal, Joseph Kearns, Don Ross, Lloyd Le Vasseur, James Waters, Joseph N. Welch, Danny the Dog, Duke Ellington, Irv Kupcinet, Lawrence K. Paquin, Chuck Ramsay, Mrs. Joseph Welch, Otto Preminger, Wendell Mayes, John D. Voelker, Sam Leavitt, Louis R. Loeffler
• Director: Otto Preminger
• Runtime: 2:41
• Company: Otto Preminger Films, Ltd., Carlyle Productions, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie