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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })A 1959 Courtroom Drama film directed by Otto Preminger and written by Wendell Mayes, who adapted the novel of the same name by "Robert Traver", the Pen Name of Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D. Voelker; the novel was based in turn on a 1952 murder case in which Voelker was the defense attorney.Paul Biegler (James Stewart) is a small-town Michigan lawyer who can't be bothered with doing legal work, and spends most of his time fishing and playing jazz piano. Then he's called in to defend loutish, wife-beating U.S. Army Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion (Ben Gazzara), who has been arrested for killing innkeeper Barney Quill. Manion does not deny the murder, and smugly insists he was perfectly justified because Quill raped his wife, Laura (Lee Remick). Biegler knows better, however, and the story follows Biegler's attempts to get Manion acquitted, opposed by a prosecution team headed by assistant Attorney General Claude Dancer (George C. Scott, in only his second film role).Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })The soundtrack was composed and performed by Duke Ellington, who also makes a cameo appearance.Anatomy of a Murder was one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to address sex and rape in graphic terms and use taboo words such as "sperm", "rape", "bitch", "slut", "penetration" and "panties".
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Actually Pretty Funny: As Judge Weaver reminds the courtroom, a murder trial is Serious Business. But even then...
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The Ace: Claude Dancer, the Assistant Attorney-General from Lansing, is sent in by the state to help the local DA with the case.
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