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A Balasaur Score of 87 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, Metacritic 95/100. Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 97% of the 160 1950s crime movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 41m. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
1,212 audience votes
Key crew
- Wendell MayesScreenplay
- Duke EllingtonOriginal Music Composer
- Otto PremingerDirector
Cast
- James StewartPaul "Pauly" Biegler
- Lee RemickLaura Manion
- Ben GazzaraLieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion
- Arthur O'ConnellParnell Emmett "Parn" McCarthy
- Eve ArdenMaida Rutledge
- Kathryn GrantMary Pilant
- George C. ScottAAG Claude Dancer
- Orson BeanDr. Matthew Smith
- Russ BrownDeputy Sheriff George Lemon
- Murray HamiltonAlphonse "Al" Paquette
- Brooks WestDA Mitchell "Mitch" Lodwick
- Ken LynchDet. Sgt. James "Jim" Durgo
Stills
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