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A riveting courtroom drama of rape and premeditated murder is brought to life with an all-star cast in the suspenseful and highly-acclaimed Anatomy Of A Murder. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture (1959), the film pits a humble small-town lawyer (James Stewart) against a hard-headed big-city prosecutor (.. Read more

Starring	James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell
Director	Otto Preminger
Genres	Drama

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- Overlong and over-faithful version of a highly detailed courtroom bestseller. The plot is necessarily equivocal, the characterizations overblown, but the trial commands some interest, and the use of 'daring' words in evidence caused controversy at the tim
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  amazing!
  
  I put this on my list to rent because; well.. it's Jimmy Stewart; and I want to see all of his stuff.. eventually.
  
  When it arrived I wasn't ... read more »
  
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  - Daniel Johnson
  - London, UK
  - 17 Jul 2004 at 18:50
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  Autopsy of a Movie
  
  Languid and under-complicated trial film, or trial of a film. The judge was apparantly played by a real life judge, which adds a bit of something extra, but ... read more »
  
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- - russio
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  - Harlow
  - 14 Apr 2012 at 22:59
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  adverts are preventing the reading of reviews
  
  i should love to read these reviews but each time i click to 'read more', it is impossible to read due to the window of adverts layed over the review.. ... read more »
  
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- - expectedmore
  - 11 reviews
  - 20 Jan 2012 at 18:13
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  Great story & great music
  
  The story line is totally believable and the acting is brilliant.
  
  As a James Stewart fan from way back I could watch him in anything. But this is one... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 07 Aug 2011 at 19:57
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  Film Magic
  
  Superb! 2 hours and 40 minutes of unadulterated movie heaven. A screenplay bristling with wit, brilliant performances all round, fabulous Duke Ellington score (... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 10 Apr 2011 at 07:58
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  Anatomy of a Murder
  
  I was looking forward to this 'tense , legal drama' but instead found it to be tedious and dated, don't bother.
  
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  - Glasgow
  - 16 Mar 2010 at 00:01
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  Excellent Courtroom Drama
  
  I rented this movie without knowing anything about it on the basis that it was on my recommendations list, and I'm glad I did. Not only were there ... read more »
  
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  - Bournemouth
  - 25 Sep 2009 at 16:20
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  theres been a murder
  
  overlong courtroom drama dotted with good moments and a sterling performance from stewart.
  
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- - ZiggyTheKid
  - 86 reviews
  - Dundee
  - 05 May 2009 at 23:58
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  It was another faulty disc!
  
  Can't review it because it did not play! This is the fourth in a row.
  
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  - Baldock, England
  - 05 May 2009 at 18:23
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  Excellent in so many ways
  
  Otto Preminger's tour-de-force is a fantastic courtroom drama that remains not only relevant to this day but, back at the time of it's release in 1959, ... read more »
  
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- - ChilliOne
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  - Wallingford, Oxon
  - 22 Apr 2009 at 06:45
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  anatomy of a murder
  
  pacey, brilliant, modern, beautifullly scripted and acted. Jimmy Stewart superb.
  
  surprised it isn't better known.
  
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- - jimmystewart
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  - Bath
  - 30 Aug 2008 at 21:49
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  amazing!
  
  I put this on my list to rent because; well.. it's Jimmy Stewart; and I want to see all of his stuff.. eventually.
  
  When it arrived I wasn't ... read more »
  
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  - Daniel Johnson
  - London, UK
  - 17 Jul 2004 at 18:50
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  Anatomy of a great film
  
  Jimmy Stewart, well what can I say?
  
  Fantastic, briliant acting, great story line, music, murder, comedy, what more could anyone ask for?
  
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- - Doddy445
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  - 04 Feb 2005 at 20:25
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  Music & Murder
  
  The opening music (by Duke Ellington) was given to Peggy Lee to put a lyric to it. Without seeing the picture she wrote "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'"... read more »
  
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- - TONY33
  - East Kilbride
  - 28 Jan 2005 at 19:25
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  Anatomy of a defence
  
  Anatomy of a Murder was a much more downbeat fillm than I had expected. At the start of the film, James Stewart comes home and goes through his house, switching... read more »
  
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  - Surrey, England
  - 07 Mar 2005 at 11:24
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  To See or not to See, that is the question.
  
  I removed this DVD from its envelope and straight away spotted that it was released in 1959 and thought 'Oh no, not another Old Movie' I almost put it ... read more »
  
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- - IAN HOYLE-JACKSON
  - Swansea SW Wales UK
  - 02 Apr 2005 at 10:29
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  Anatomy of a Masterpiece
  
  A truly outstanding film. James Stewart transcends his usual reliable performance to an exceptional one - different to but almost on a par with that in Vertigo... read more »
  
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- - Geranium
  - Essex
  - 11 Mar 2004 at 14:57
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  Great movie but....
  
  This is indeed a terrific court room drama with superb writing and performances. I was a little bit underwhelmed by the ending though after having invested 2.... read more »
  
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- - Isaac
  - London
  - 17 Jan 2005 at 14:18
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  Long and enjoyable but with some very strange attitudes
  
  This film is, in the main, very good with a great, long court scene and excellent performances. The thing that stuck out for me however was the weird attitude ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 09 Jan 2008 at 14:21
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  Great anatomy
  
  Weighing in at a bit-too-lengthy 160 minutes, this is nevertheless a riveting courtroom drama and one that set tongues wagging with its then up-front talk about... read more »
  
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- - RJNeb2
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  - London
  - 09 Jun 2008 at 00:24
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  Excellent Courtroom Drama
  
  I rented this movie without knowing anything about it on the basis that it was on my recommendations list, and I'm glad I did. Not only were there ... read more »
  
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  - Bournemouth
  - 25 Sep 2009 at 16:20

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- Anatomy Of A Murder
  
  A riveting courtroom drama of rape and premeditated murder is brought to life with an all-star cast in the suspenseful and highly-acclaimed Anatomy Of A Murder. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture (1959), the film pits a humble small-town lawyer (James Stewart) against a hard-...