Anatomy of a murder
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Anatomy of a Murder seemed to be a very liberal 1959 classic law-film. It was no doubt groundbreaking. The film stars Jimmy Stewart known as Paul Biegler, a small-town lawyer; Ben Gazzara playing Army Lieutenant Frederick Manion, the killer; Lee Remick as Laura Manion his wife, and George C. Scott playing the big-time, slick-city prosecutor. Biegler was voted out of his long-time district attorney job and is a man who likes nothing better than fishing and reading about law with his long time friend Parnell played by Arthur O'Connell. Parnell is basically an old drunk who had a chance at legal prominence. One day, Biegler gets a call out of the blue from a Laura Manion whose husband was arrested for killing a bar-owner, Barney Quill. Manion shot Quill in his crowded bar, manifesting the act of determination and deliberation.2 The killing is said to have taken place an hour after Laura told her husband that Quill raped her. He checked out the situation and decided to take the case, which becomes a major event...