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Anatomy of a Murder
It is a strange drama about a murder trial, the defendant says he suffered from temporary madness before he committed the heinous murder. The criminal says he suffered madness after the victim raped his wife. Everyone tries to know the truth.
15 July 1910, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
12 October 1888, Warrior, Alabama, USA
25 November 1933, Houston, Texas, USA
29 March 1908, New York City, New York, USA
4 April 1920, Montana, USA
27 April 1899, New York City, New York, USA
29 December 1925, Los Angeles, California, USA
22 February 1916, Hillsboro, Texas, USA
8 December 1899, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
30 May 1892, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
27 January 1905, Los Angeles, California, USA
29 April 1899, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
February 23, 2012
As courtroom thrillers go, it has few peers.
November 06, 2013
Otto Preminger's cynical view of the judicial system is curiously contemporary and still serves as a blueprint for numerous TV 'tec shows.
June 24, 2006
Coolly absorbing, nonchalantly cynical.
March 01, 2012
simultaneously plays by and punctures the expectations of the courtroom thriller
April 25, 2012
Otto Preminger, no stranger to ruffling moral-watchdog feathers, never succumbs to the sleaziness inherent in the material, instead turning out an intelligent and tightly controlled drama that ranks as one of the all-time great courtroom procedurals.
June 08, 2012
(Stewart's character) finishes the film an enigma, possibly the good go-getter of Capra but too much of a shadow.
October 23, 2007
Preminger purposely creates situations that flicker with uncertainty, that may be evaluated in different ways. Motives are mixed and dubious, and, therefore, sustain interest.
March 09, 2012
Even with the glut of crime-related TV dramas that pepper today's screens, you'd be hard pressed to find a courtroom story that doesn't have you rooting one way or the other with a heavy-handed POV. This one doesn't it's way ahead of its time.
October 23, 2007
As an entertaining look at legal process, this is spellbinding all the way, infused by an ambiguity about human personality and motivation that is Preminger's trademark, and the location shooting is superb.
May 20, 2003
It is the best courtroom melodrama this old judge has ever seen.
April 24, 2009
At 160 minutes, Anatomy is longer than the subject warrants, but the pace seldom slackens -- thanks to the competence of Director Otto Preminger.
November 06, 2013
This is probably the greatest courtroom drama ever made and it features James Stewart's finest screen performance.