---
title: 'Anatomy of a Murder (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Otto Preminger'
released: '1959-07-01'
runtime_minutes: 160
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/anatomy-of-a-murder-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052561/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

1959 · 160 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Anatomy of a Murder is a 1959 American legal drama film produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Wendell Mayes was based on the 1958 novel of the same name written by Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D. Voelker under the pen name of Robert Traver. Voelker based the novel on a 1952 murder case in which he was the defense attorney.

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [Duke Ellington](https://cinepixo.com/people/duke-ellington)
- **Director:** [Otto Preminger](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-preminger)
- **Producer:** [Otto Preminger](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-preminger)
- **Screenplay:** [Wendell Mayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/wendell-mayes), [John D. Voelker](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-d-voelker)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sam Leavitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-leavitt)
- **Editor:** [Louis R. Loeffler](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-r-loeffler)

## Cast

- [Lee Remick](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-remick)
- [Don Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-ross)
- [James Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-stewart)
- [George C. Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-c-scott)
- [Murray Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-hamilton)
- [Kathryn Crosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathryn-crosby)
- [Duke Ellington](https://cinepixo.com/people/duke-ellington)
- [Ben Gazzara](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-gazzara)
- [Eve Arden](https://cinepixo.com/people/eve-arden)
- [Orson Bean](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-bean)
- [Ken Lynch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-lynch)
- [John Qualen](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-qualen)
- [Jimmy Conlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-conlin)
- [Arthur O'Connell](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-o-connell)

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