Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

<p>One judge may be quite like another ... but this courtroom drama stands apart!<br/><br/><em>Anatomy of a Murder</em> is a 1959 courtroom drama from director Otto Preminger, starring Jimmy Stewart, Lee Remick, Eve Arden, Ben Gazzara, and Army-McCarthy hearings legal icon Joseph Welch, with a jazzy score from Duke Ellington. It&apos;s based on a real-life case that defense attorney-turned-Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D. Voelker wrote under the pen name Robert Traver.<br/><br/>Stewart plays a humble country lawyer trying to do the best he can to get his client acquitted in a murder case. And what a murder case it is! There&apos;s no question about what happened — a military man gunned down a local bar-owner.  What needs further dissecting is the motive. As it turns out, the bar-owner was accused of raping the military man&apos;s wife.<br/><br/>Like so many overwhelmed jurors, Áine and Kevin deliberate over the film&apos;s pure Michigan setting, delightful cameos, and un-clichéd, unflinching look at the justice system, as well as some light topics like misogyny, rape, and alcoholism.<br/><br/>Follow us on the usual social media suspects:</p><ul><li><a href='https://www.facebook.com/Mystery-to-Me-Podcast-105987494771196'>Facebook</a></li><li><a href='https://twitter.com/mystery_to_me_'>Twitter</a></li><li><a href='https://www.instagram.com/mysterytomepodcast/'>Instagram</a></li></ul><p>And send us mysterious and intriguing missives at mysterytomepodcast@gmail.com.<br/><br/><em>Mystery to Me is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC.</em></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>