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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.
- Sexual violence
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, grave and plot-driven.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
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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
Crew
- Otto PremingerDirector
- Wendell MayesScreenplay
- John D. VoelkerNovel
- Sam LeavittDirector of Photography
- Duke EllingtonOriginal Music Composer
- Louis R. LoefflerEditor
- Otto PremingerProducer
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