TY - ADVS AU - Preminger,Otto AU - Preminger,Otto AU - Mayes,Wendell AU - Stewart,James AU - Gazzara,Ben AU - Remick,Lee AU - Arden,Eve AU - Crosby,Kathryn AU - Scott,George C. AU - Welch,Joseph N. AU - Ellington,Duke AU - Leavitt,Samuel ED - Criterion Collection (Firm) TI - Anatomy of a murder T2 - Criterion collection SN - 9781604655391 U1 - 791.4372 PY - 2012/// CY - Irvington, N.Y. PB - The Criterion Collection KW - Murder - trials, Drama, Detective and mystery films., investigation, rape, fiction, feature films KW - lcgft N1 - Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959; Anatomy of a Murder is a 1959 American courtroom drama and crime film produced and directed by Otto Preminger. A small-town Michigan lawyer takes on a difficult case: that of a young Army lieutenant accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife A gripping, envelope-pushing courtroom potboiler, Anatomy of a Murder was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex. More than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. With its outstanding supporting cast and influential jazz score by Duke Ellington, it's a Hollywood landmark; Score, Duke Ellington ; cinematography, Sam Leavitt; James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick, Eve Arden, George C. Scott, Kathryn Grant, Joseph N. Welch, Murray Hamilton, Orson Bean, Arthur O'Connell ER -