The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Drama · Crime
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Film / 1959
Anatomy of a Murder
Directed by
Otto Preminger
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.
The story
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.
Cast
James StewartPaul Biegler
Lee RemickLaura Manion
Ben GazzaraLt. Frederick Manion
Arthur O'ConnellParnell Emmett McCarthy
Eve ArdenMaida Rutledge
Kathryn GrantMary Pilant
George C. ScottClaude Dancer
Orson BeanDr. Matthew Smith
Russ BrownGeorge Lemon
Murray HamiltonAlphonse Paquette
Brooks WestDist. Atty. Mitch Lodwick
Ken LynchDet. Sgt. James Durgo
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John QualenDeputy Sheriff Sulo
Howard McNearDr. Dompierre
Alexander CampbellDr. W. Gregory Harcourt
Ned WeverDr. Raschid
Jimmy ConlinClarence Madigan
Joseph N. WelchJudge Weaver
Royal BealSheriff Battisfore
Joseph KearnsLloyd Burke
Don RossDuane 'Duke' Miller
Lloyd Le VasseurCourt clerk
James WatersArmy Sergeant 1st Class
Duke EllingtonPie Eye (uncredited)
Irv KupcinetDistinguished Gentleman (uncredited)
Chuck RamsayOrderly (uncredited)
Agnes Rodgers BrownJuror (uncredited)
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